§ MR. EDWARD BARRY (Cork County, S.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the amount of the Death Duty grants, under Section 19 of the Finance Act, 1894, collected in England, Ireland, and Scotland in the years 1895 to 1905; what is the ratio of the contribution of the three countries; what proportion of the total is devoted to the relief of local taxation; and in what proportion is that part divided between the three countries.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. ASQUITH, Fifeshire, E.)I would refer the hon. Member to the Annual Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for 1904–5 [Cd. 2633], pages 247–249, which gives particulars on the subject raised in his Question.