§ MR. ORMSBY-GORE (Lincolnshire, Gainsborough)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether: he is aware that the town rates of Monaghan have not been collected for the past three years, and can he state who is responsible for this neglect in the collection of the rates.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe last town rate collected in Monaghan was in 1900, in respect of the nine months ended the 31st March of that year. No rate has since been struck. The Town Council now proposes, however, to strike another rate. The Local Government Board has no jurisdiction as regards the assessment or collection of town rates. The proper persons to take action, paradoxical as it may seem, are the ratepayers.