HC Deb 30 June 1899 vol 73 c1145
MR. McKENNA (Monmouth, N.)

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he can state the number of cases in which the amount of tithe rent-charge not severed from a benefice exceeds £1,000, exceeds £500 and does not exceed £1,000, and exceeds £100 and does not exceed £500 respectively, and the total amount of the tithe rent-charge in each of the categories named.

* THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. LONG,) Liverpool, W. Derby

I regret that it is not possible for me to give the information desired by the hon. Member in the precise form in which he asks for it, but I may state as the result of inquiries which I recently made that in 255 cases the rateable value of the tithe rent-charge attached to a benefice was found to exceed £500, in 273 cases it exceeded £400, and did not exceed £500, whilst in 7,263 cases it did not exceed £160, and in 2,700 cases, although it exceeded £160, it did not exceed £400. There were therefore, 10,236 cases below £500, and 255 cases above it.