HC Deb 04 May 1900 vol 82 c765
SIR THOMAS ESMONDE (Kerry, W.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the annual amount of the fees received by the authorities in Ireland for the testing of weights and measures and the average sum annually paid under the head of fines.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY TOR IRELAND (MR. G. W. BALFOUR,) Leeds, Central

The average annual amount of the fees received in respect of the past three years for comparison and stamping of weights and measures has been £4,334, and the average annual amount of the fines imposed during the same period in prosecutions for breaches of the Weights and Measures Acts has been.£189.