§ MR. HUMPHREYS-OWENTo ask the President of the Local Government Board, if he will state the rateable value of England and Wales in each of the years 1870–1871, 1880–1881, 1890–1891, and 1900–1901.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) It appears from Part I. of the last issued Local Taxation Returns that the rateable 1079 value of England and Wales, according to the Poor Rate Valuation, was at the commencement of the years referred to as follows—
| Year 1870–1871 | Rateable Value, | £104,405.304 |
| Year 1880–1881 | Rateable Value | £135,645,473 |
| Year 1890–1891 | Rateable Value | £152,116,008 |
| Year 1900–1901 | Rateable Value | £180,406,420 |