MR. HERBERT ROBERTSI beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the only Commissioners of Income Tax in the district of Cerrig-y-druidion, Denbighshire, are the rectors of the four neighbouring parishes, namely, Cerrig-y-druidion, Penherrelas, Llangwm, and Llanfihangel, and that this circumstance causes great dissatisfaction in the locality; whether there are other persons resident in the district duly qualified to act as Commissioners; and whether, in view of these facts, he will take steps to secure an alteration in the composition of the Commission referred to?
§ *THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Sir J. T. HIBBERT,) OldhamThe clergymen referred to in the question are on the list of Income Tax Commissioners for the Division to which the parishes named belong, but the Board of Inland Revenue are not aware whether they are the only Commissioners. Inquiry is being made on the subject. The appointment of Income Tax Commissioners is entirely in the competence of the Land Tax Commissioners of the county, who are appointed by Parliament. If, however, inquiry shows the existence of the state of things suggested by the question, the Board of Inland Revenue Would feel bound to address a communication to the Land Tax Commissioners on the subject.