§ MR. GOSCHEN (St. George's, Hanover Square)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will, for the convenience of the House, consider whether he can present another form of Return such as that moved for by my right hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge University, showing the percentages that will be contributed towards the Revenue by Great Britain and Ireland, and giving those figures which have been discovered to be the correct figures? I think it would be for the convenience of the Committee and would facilitate the Debate if every person used the same figures?
§ SIR W. HARCOURTI will inquire and give the right hon. Gentleman an answer to-morrow. I understand he wants it in the form of the Paper on Financial Relations.
§ MR. GOSCHENThe Return asked for by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Cambridge showed the latest percentage, taking all the various calculations of Excise and Customs; and I would suggest, if it could be done without much trouble and expense, that the latest Returns should all be corrected so as to show the true figures.
§ SIR W. HARCOURTIf the right hon. Gentleman will let me have a memorandum in writing showing exactly what he wants I will give him an answer to-morrow.
§ MR. BRODRICK (Surrey, Guildford)Will the right hon. Gentleman give directions that all the Papers dealing with these figures shall be circulated with the Votes. By some misapprehension the important Papers presented last Friday night have never been circulated, and there has been only a limited number of copies at the Vote Office.
§ SIR W. HARCOURTI will inquire into that.