§ MR. LYELL (Orkney and Shetland)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will state the amount which has been received from Crown vassals in Scotland during the past financial year on account of annual feu duty paid to the Crown; the amount paid to the Crown as composition of a year's rent due to the superior on the entry of singular successors; the amount paid as relief duty by heirs on succeeding, and the number of heirs who have so paid?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSHEN) (St.George's, Hanover Square)In reply to the hon. Member, I have to say that the amount which has been received from Crown vassals in Scotland during the past financial year on account of annual feu duty paid to the Crown is £11,269 4s. 8d. The composition of a year's rent due to the superior on the entry of singular successors is not, as a rule, exacted by the Crown, but in lieu 792 thereof, and as a matter of favour, the Crown usually accepts one-sixth of the old valued rent. The amount received under this head is £88 14s. 3d. The amount paid as relief duty by heirs on succeeding was £435 12s. The number of heirs who have so paid is 21.