§ 80. Mr. BRIDGEMANasked why the amount of public income returned up to date, under the head of Land Values Duties, is so much less than the amount 1711 for the same period last year; and how much of the amount returned represents Mineral Rights Duty?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe decrease is due to the fact that the arrears of Mineral Rights Duty outstanding at the end of the financial year 1911–12 were very much smaller than those outstanding at the end of the financial year 1910–11. As regards the last part of the question, I would remind the hon. Member that it would be contrary to established practice to announce, before the close of the financial year, the yield of individual taxes. I would invite his attention to the answer that I gave on the 5th March last to the hon. Member for Barkston Ash.