§ Major JAMESON (Clare, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the difficulty there is in collecting the poor rate from tenants whose valuation is not more than £4 owing to the inability of such tenants to pay these rates, he will consider the advisability of levying these rates as before on the immediate landlords.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,for Mr. G. W. BALFOUR) Londonderry, N.,I am not aware that any difficulty is experienced such as indicated in the question. The alteration in the law suggested would be entirely opposed to the principle on which the local Government Act was founded, namely, that the burden of the rates should fall on those to whom the electoral power is given.