§ MR. JOHN DILLON (Mayo, E.)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state what is the sum which it is proposed to grant to Ireland as an equivalent for the sum required for the English Rating Bill?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI estimated the total sum required for the current year for Great Britain and Ireland at £975,000. Ireland would receive nine-hundredths of that amount, if the estimate is correct. 1691 But the exact sum which Ireland will receive cannot be stated until it is exactly known, by the returns provided for in the Agricultural Rating Bill, how much will be required for England.
§ MR. DILLONThen the amount Ireland will receive will not depend in any degree upon the amount of rates upon agricultural land in Ireland?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERNo, Sir; that has been stated already.