§ SIR. HENRY FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board the date of the warrant appointing the 30 Royal Commission on Local Taxation, and the number of days that Commission has sat since its appointment?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.The date of the warrant appointing the Royal Commission on Local Taxation was l5th August 1896, and that the Commission has held 19 meetings since that date.