§ 69. Mr. W. THORNEasked the Minister of Health whether metalliferous mines in Cornwall and Devon are rated to the local rates on the royalties annually paid to the landlords; and what approximately is the anual amount paid in royalty by the tin-mining industry of Cornwall and Devon?
§ Dr. ADDISONSubject to various qualifications, into which the hon. Member will not expect me to enter in answer 1687 to a question, the reply to the first part of the question is, broadly, in the affrmative. With regard to the second part of the question, I am informed that the amount assessed to Mineral Rights Duty in respect of tin mines is £33,420, and no doubt the bulk of this relates to Devon and Cornwall.