§ ME. STANLEY LEIGHTON (Shropshire, Oswestry)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the Land Commissioners, appointed under the authority of "The Extraordinary Tithe Rent-Charge Redemption Act, 1886," have not yet certified the capital value of the Extraordinary Tithe Rent-Charge in any parish; and, whether, until such certificate has been made out, the Extraordinary Tithe Rent-Charge will be assessable under Section 4 of 49 & 50 Vict. c. 54, according to the same methods of calculation as were used before the said Act was passed?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. STUART-WORTLEY) (Sheffield, Hallam)(who replied) said: The Land Commissioners have not yet made a certificate in respect of any parish. The hon. Member will learn from the Commissioners' Report, recently presented, that the labour thrown upon the Commissioners by the Act of last year has been heavy, and that a great many preliminary investigations have been, and still remain to be, made. Nevertheless, the Commissioners report that they will endeavour to complete the carrying out of the Act soon after the close of the current financial year. The answer to the hon. Member's second Question depends upon what is to be considered the proper construction of the 4th section of the Extraordinary Tithe Redemption Act of last year, as to which it would not be proper for me to offer an opinion.