§ 19. Lord N. CRICHTON-STUARTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Treasury are enforcing the payment of £30, being the duty on a donation of £300 given by the late William Townsend White, Esq., to the funds of the King Edward VII. Hospital in Cardiff; and whether, having in view the financial needs of this hospital, he will allow the duty to be remitted in this case?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEEstate Duty at 4 per cent.—i.e., £12 and not £30—with interest from the date of the donor's death, is chargeable by Statute in respect of the gift in question, and there is no provision of the law under which I could accede to the Noble Lord's request.