§ MR. H. D. GREENEI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state what was the amount of net income, arising from the Crown lands and properties and from the working of the Post Office in the Isle of Man, received in the financial year ending in 1901, to what accounts these sums have been carried, or to what purpose applied; and whether there is any, and, if so, what, agreement or arrangement between the Government and the Isle of Man, and of what date, relating to the application of these funds respectively.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)The net income arising from Crown lands in the Isle of Man in the year 1900–1 was £3,935. I am unable to state the amount of net income derived from the working of the Post Office in that island. There is no special agreement or arrangement between the Government and the Isle of Man respecting the application of these receipts. They form part of the general public revenue of the British Isles, and are dealt with under the provisions of the Acts of Parliament relating to the Crown lands and the Post Office, which Acts extend to the Isle of Man.