§ MR. HUMPHREYS-OWEN (Montgomeryshire)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the yield per penny of the income tax for the financial years 1872–3, 1882–3, 1892–3, and 1902–3.
317 (Answered by Mr. Ritchie.) 1872–3, £1,741,088; 1882–3, £1,962,871; 1892–3, £2,239,856; 1902–3, £2,580,000 estimated. It should be borne in mind that the yield per penny in the later years mentioned has been less than it would have been on the basis of 1872–3 by reason of the extensions of relief given in 1875, in 1894, and in 1898.