§ MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture if he can state the amount to be deducted in respect of the Tithe Rent-Charge (Rates) Bill from the sums receivable on account of the Estate Duty Grant by the County of Glamorganshire, and the county boroughs of Cardiff and Swansea, respectively; and if he can state approximately the amount of relief that will be paid to the incumbents of benefices within such county and county borough areas.
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyThe share of the county and county boroughs named in a sum of £87,000 distributed in the proportion of what are known as the "discontinued grants" would be £799, £260, and £198, respectively. The cost of the relief given to the clerical owners of Tithe Rent-Charge in the County of Glamorganshire as a whole is estimated to amount to between £600 and £700.