§ MR. FETHERSTONHAUGH (Fermanagh, N.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury why the Commissioner of Valuation in Ireland did not proceed with the revaluation of Dublin when he finished the revaluation of Belfast; whether the staff employed in the revaluation of Belfast would not have been able to deal with Dublin, a city of about the same size; whether he is aware that in the existing valuation of Dublin no account is taken of business goodwill or the value of publicans' licences; can he state the comparative valuations of Guinness's brewery, Dublin, the Bass and Company's brewery at Burton; and say why exactly the Commissioner of Valuation does not at once proceed to the revaluation of Dublin.
1113 (Answered Ly Mr. McKenna.) The revaluation of Belfast, with the revisions necessary to bring it up to date, was only completed on the 6th of this month, and the Commissioner of Valuation is ready to proceed with the Dublin revaluation as soon as the necessary financial arrangements are made. The surveyors and valuers employed in Belfast were discharged some time ago, the appeal work during the past year being done by the permanent staff of the Department. Up to the present no account is taken of the value of the publicans' licences in Dublin. The valuation of Messrs. Guinness's brewery is £22,000, and I am informed that that of Messrs. Bass's breweries is £22,150.