§ MR. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state what was 322 the gross amount of licence duty for the year ended 31st March, 1903, obtained from licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors, tobacco, and plate, and to carry on the businesses of pawnbroker, auctioneer, appraiser, hawker, and refreshment house keeper, in England and Scotland, respectively; the net amount paid over to the county and borough councils in respect to such licences in England and Scotland, respectively; the gross amount obtained from similar licences for the same period in the case of Ireland; whether these licence duties are allocated to the county and borough councils in which they accrue in the case of England and Scotland; and, if so, will he explain why the same rule of allocation is not followed in the case of Ireland.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (Mr. VICTOR CAVENDISH,) Derbyshire, W.The figures desired by the hon. Member are set out in the Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. An amount equivalent to the net yield of the Local Taxation Licences in Ireland is annually paid out of the Consolidated Fund to the Local Taxation Account at the Bank of Ireland under Section 58 of the Act 61–62, Vict. c. 37.