§ 42. Mr. NEWMANasked whether the cost of the Finance Act work done during the revision of 1912 by the revising valuers of the General Valuation Office, Ireland, was charged against the rating side of the Department; whether the bulk of the 17,000 gross and full site values fixed by the revising valuers was fixed during the revision of 1912; whether the counties of Ireland have consequently not been paying part of the cost of making these Finance Act valuations; and whether this proportion of the cost of making these valuations will be refunded to the counties?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe cost of the small amount of Finance Act work done by the revising valuers was charged to the revision work; but as a set-off the survey and valuation of the cities by the Finance Act staff was wholly charged to the Finance Act, though this will be a considerable gain to the revision work The number of cases "on occasion" dealt with by the revising valuers—practically the only Finance Act work they did—was 840. The number of valuations would be probably somewhat greater. The contributions from the 'counties, fixed at £8,000 by Statute, do not cover one-half the cost of the annual revision. There would therefore seem to be no ground for the reduction of the Statutory contribution.