§ MR. T. E. ELLIS (Merionethshire)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he can state the amount of expenditure incurred through the employment of military in Wales in connection with the collection of tithe-rent charge?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)The cost of the employment of troops in Wales in connection with the collection of tithes in January last and recently was about £197.
§ MR. STANLEY LEIGHTON (Shropshire, oswestry)asked, whether any part of the cost of the employment of the military in Wales had been thrown upon the local rates?
§ MR. E. STANHOPENo; I think not.