§ MR. CALDWELL (Glasgow, St. Rollox)I beg to ask the Solicitor General for Scotland if he will state to the House the total amount of assessment levied in Scotland under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act in each of the last five years, giving separately the amount raised by assessment by Burgh and County Local Authority in each of said five years?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. M. T. STORMONTH DARLING, Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews): The amount of assessment levied under these Acts in Scotland, as shown by the Local Taxation Returns, was — In 1884–5, counties, £7,802, burghs, £3,232; 1885–6, counties, £10,637, burghs, £2,401; 1886–7, counties, £12,570, burghs, £4,722; 1887–8, counties, £29,931, burghs, £8,776; 1888–9, counties, £27,286, burghs, £9,580. The totals for these years respectively being — £11,034, £13,038, £17,292, £38,707, £36,866.
§ MR. CALDWELLI beg to ask the Secretary to the Local Government Board the total amount of the assessment raised under the Contagious Diseases Animals Acts in England and Wales during each of the last live years, stating separately the amount raised during each of said five years by Burgh and by County Local Authority?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. LONG,) Wilts, DevizesThe only information which I can give is as to the expenditure of the Local Authorities in England and Wales under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts during the five years 1884–1888 according to the Local Taxation Returns. The expenditure of the County Authorities during each of the years was:—1883–4, £78,334; 1884–5, £49,558; 1885–6, £68,464; 1886–7, £81,347; 1887–8, £63,334. The expenditure incurred in Municipal Boroughs, in other Sanitary Districts, and in the Metropolis was: — 1883–4, £14,705; 1884–5, £13,018; 1885–6, £17,471: 1886–7, £17,573; 1887–8, £17,784.
§ SIR J. SWINBURNE (Staffordshire, Lichfield)Does that include payment for animals slaughtered?