§ MR. CHILDERS (Edinburgh, S.)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether it is the intention of the Government to refer the subject of the Taxation and Rating of Feu Duties and Ground Annuals to the Committee now sitting on Town Holdings, &c, on which there is only one Scotch Member, or whether they would consent to refer the subject to a separate Committee next Session, composed to a large extent of Scotch Members?
§ *MR. J. P. B. ROBERTSONThe taxation and rating of Feu Duties and Ground Annuals seem to fall within the terms of the reference to the Town Holding's Committee, and it is manifestly-desirable that the Committee which is charged with the consideration of the question generally should be enabled effectively to take up this branch of it. The Government, therefore, propose to move the addition of six Scotch Members to the Town Holdings Committee.