§ MR. P. A. M'HUGH (Leitrim, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Sligo Corporation has asked the Commissioner of Valuation in Ireland for a valuation of all the land within their borough boundary, as distinguished from other rateable hereditaments, and that the Commissioner has replied saying he had no power to do what the Corporation asked; whether there is any public department in Ireland which can make such a valuation as is desired by the Sligo Corporation; and if so, how can it be put in motion in the particular case referred to; and is he aware that in towns which were not constituted urban 904 districts under the Local Government Act the lands are separately valued so that rates may be levied on plots of land even when the buildings on them are unoccupied.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe Sligo Corporation were informed by the Commissioner of Valuation that under the existing Statutes a revaluation for rating purposes of the land within the borough boundary was not feasible; but the existing valuation lists, of which they have a copy, set out separately the value of the land and other rateable hereditaments. The reply to the second paragraph is in the negative. As regards the third paragraph, lands are separately valued in all towns, whether urban districts or not.