§ MR. T. J. CONDON (Tipperary, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) whether, in a town such as Carrick-on-Suir, governed by town commissioners under the Towns Improvement Act, 1854, who are also the urban sanitary authority, under the Public Health Act, 1887, the fund or rate, out of which the cost of paving and cleansing the streets, as in Clause 32, sub-section (b) of the Local Government (Ireland) Bill, 1898, means the rates raised under the powers granted by the aforesaid Acts; and (2) will the differential rating in favour of lands, etc., as provided by Clause 226 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and the corresponding clause of the Towns Improvement Act, 1854, apply to the rating under Clause 32, sub-section (b) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe reply to both paragraphs is in the affirmative.