§
Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [15th February],
That there he laid before this House, a Return of the values of the Market Tolls, of the Rates, and of the other sources of local revenue of each of the towns in Ireland with a population, of under 50,000:
Return to state whether such towns enjoy the whole of the Tolls and other sources of revenue, or whether such income is mortgaged, and what is the amount of such mortgage:
Return to state the date of such mortgage, and the purpose to which the money so raised was applied, particularly as to whether it was applied for local development or for the advantage of individuals:
Return to state where the Tolls belong to one or more private individuals, and to state where these so belong, whether it is by feudal prescription, by grant from the Crown, or by purchase, and where the Tolls so belong to a private individual to give a summary of the grant or other document under which the Tolls are so leviable by private persons:
Form of Return as follows:—Name of Town; Amount of Tolls leviable in such Town in 1883; Amount of Rates in 1883; Other Sources of Income in 1883; To whom Tolls belong; and, if not belonging to the Town, by what Title; Date and Application of Money when Mortgaged:
Summary of grants from Crown, &c. where the Tolls are held by private persons."—(Colonel Nolan.)
§ Question again proposed.
§ Debate resumed.
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)said, the Government had agreed as to the form in which they were willing to give the Returns moved for by the hon. and gallant Member for Galway. They proposed to give the first line of the 4th paragraph, and to omit the remainder of the paragraph, adding to it the words—
And the dates of and parties to the grant, when such can be obtained from information accessible to the public.All the last part would be struck out.
§ MR. SPEAKERasked if the hon. and gallant Member for Galway was prepared to accept the proposed Amendment?
§ COLONEL NOLANreplied in the affirmative. He was willing to accept all the Amendments of the Solicitor General for Ireland.
§
Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
470
Return ordered, "of the values of the Market Tolls, of the Rates, and of the other sources of local revenue of each of the towns of Galway, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Portumna, and Gort, in the county of Galway:
Return to state whether such towns enjoy the whole of the Tolls and other sources of revenue, or whether such income is mortgaged, and what is the amount of such mortgage:
Return to state the date of such mortgage, and the purpose to which the money so raised was applied, particularly as to whether it was applied for local development or for the advantage of individuals:
And, Return to state where the Tolls belong to one or more private individuals, and the dates of and parties to the grant, when such can be obtained from information accessible to the public:
Form of Return:—Name of Town; Amount of Tolls leviable in such Town in 1883; Amount of Rates in 1883; Other Sources of Income in 1883; To whom Tolls belong: and, if not belonging to the Town, by what Title; Date and Application of Money when Mortgaged."—(Colonel Nolan.)