§ MR. M. MCCARTANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he has received copy of Resolutions from the Town Commissioners of Newtownards (County Down), adopted at a meeting held on 21st October, 1895, and expressing their dissatisfaction with the state of the law which throws the entire burden of taxation on the owner or occupier of buildings and allows the owner of the ground rents to go "scot free;" and, whether he will consider the question with a view to have the law amended?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURCopies of the Resolutions referred to have been received. The question of the taxation of ground rents is clearly one that can only be considered in reference to the United Kingdom as a whole.