HC Deb 10 May 1907 vol 174 c464
DR. AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)

To ask the Secretary to the Treasury, could he give the particulars of the different items which go to make up the sum of £2,300 which has been deducted by the Treasury from the probate grant payable to the Mayo County Council in respect of land purchase.

(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The sum deducted in 1907 from the Death Duty grant payable to county Mayo was £1,292 16s. 1d.

The sum deducted is made us as follows:

£.
Drawn under the Irish Land Act, 1903
Arrears of annuities 65
Unearned dividend on issues of stock 776
Advance dividend 446
Interest due but not received 507
Unproductive balance 294
2,088
Less—repaid to Guarantee Fund under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891 795
£1,293