§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (for Mr. HEALY)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, If the Commissioners of Income Tax or Inland Revenue have directed that Income Tax should be received from the landlords of Ireland in instalments on the rents received during the past two years and for this year also; has the work of the Surveyors of Taxes and Collectors of Income Tax been greatly increased in consequence; have the Surveyors of Taxes got any additional assistance to do this extra work, or is it intended to give them any; have the Collectors of Income Tax got any additional remuneration for the extra labour imposed on them by having to accept the tax in instalments and filling up forms, or is it intended to give them any; and, could he state how long Mr. Smith, Inspector of Taxes in Ireland, has been in the public service, and what reason exists for keeping him longer than the time prescribed by the Rules of the Civil Service Commissioners?
§ MR. COURTNEYsaid: In the years 1880 to 1883 the Collectors of Income 1266 Tax in Ireland have been authorized to accept payment of Income Tax from landlords on the actual agricultural rents received from time to time. This has, no doubt, caused a certain amount of additional work to the officials; but it has not been found necessary to give further assistance on this account alone to the Surveyors of Taxes, nor is any such necessity expected; the Collectors of Income Tax in Ireland are paid by a poundage, which covers any extra services which may be required of them. The Mr. Smith referred to has been 37 years in the Public Service; but there is no rule compelling retirement after that period.