HC Deb 15 March 1906 vol 153 cc1374-6
MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)

To ask the hon. Member for the Eye Division of Suffolk as Church Estates Commissioner whether he will give the main items of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' charges of management of estates for each of the financial years 1900 to 1905, both inclusive; and whether he will further give similar information with regard to the surveyors' and architects' charges for the same period.

MR. HERBERT ROBERTS

To ask the hon. Member for the Eye Division of Suffolk, as Church Estates Commissioner whether he will give, under separate heads, the legal expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for each of the financial years 1900 to 1905, both inclusive.

(Answered by Mr. Stuart-Wortley.) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners' accounts are published in a complete form every year in the Appendix to their Report, and in these appear the amounts of the several charges about which the hon. Member asks. The legal expenses, surveyors' charges, and architects' charges for the years 1890 to 1904 were further set out in the reply given to Mr. Stevenson's Question on the 9th March 1905.ߤ They are, however, again given or the years 1900 to 1905 in the following table of expenses, including charges of management, paid out of the Commissioners Common Fund. The total gross rental of estates belonging to the Commissioners for their common fund, and of Episcopal Permanent Estates managed by them, in respect of which these expenses are mainly incurred, is also given for the same years.

Year ending 31st October. Charges of management. Surveyor's changes. Architects' charges. Legal expenses. Gross rental of estates.
Agency. Expenses at audits. Sundry expenses. Bailiffs'salaries, etc. Receipt stamps, etc.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1900 42,117 10 0 1,566 15 11 1,133 18 9 929 11 7 314 8 5 7,164 12 11 1,280 10 11 6,576 7 1 1,505,182 12 10
1901 42,492 8 6 1,484 15 5 1,406 2 7 1,092 0 8 439 9 0 7,130 2 9 1,148 8 3 7,158 19 5 1,549,561 17 9
1902 43,002 1 4 1,442 8 2 1,554 15 8 1,168 19 8 404 9 8 8,208 19 3 1,506 19 9 10,136 10 0 1,589,495 9 9
1903 43,266 13 4 1,372 16 3 2,075 15 0 1,108 4 0 355 19 10 7,294 7 0 1,256 3 6 8,540 10 1 1,585,847 13 1
1904 43,907 13 1 1,404 14 3 1,635 15 7 1,199 3 9 385 18 10 8,464 0 10 1,528 3 6 7,498 17 5 1,611,104 4 4
1905 44,763 18 10 1,293 0 4 1,517 8 8 1,149 19 6 290 5 9 7,273 11 0 1,607 7 0 8,040 7 9 1,639,837 6 11