§ MR. PELLasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether any general statement of Local Taxation and Finance will be made this year in connection with the Budget, so as to bring before Parliament the entire amount of Taxation, Local and Imperial, now borne by the Country?
THE CHANCELLOR Of THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GLADSTONE), in reply, said, it would probably be his duty, when the time for the Financial Statement arrived, to refer to the subject of local expenditure; but he could not say that it would be convenient, or even possible, to convey to the House on that occasion any very full or particular view of the subject, which was extremely important, and would require special attention.