§ MR. CAREW (Kildare, N.)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why Ireland did not get in 1889 the benefit of the contribution of £40,000, the amount she now receives in lieu of local taxation licences; whether this contribution is on a par with the Probate Duty Grant, and therefore should have been paid simultaneously with it; and whether the Government will make provision for paying Ireland this sum of 724 £40,000, which was withheld from her in 1889, while England and Scotland received the benefit of grants under this head from the date of the passing of the County Councils Act?
§ * MR. GOSCHENNo, Sir; this contribution is not on a par with the Probate Duty Grant, and therefore need not have been paid simultaneously with it. As regards the latter part of the question, I should remind the hon. Member that this is the first year in which the transfer of the local licences became generally operative in Great Britain.