HC Deb 12 May 1931 vol 252 cc992-5
66. Mr. LAWTHER

asked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, if he will state the amount of royalty rents paid to the commissioners for coal drawn in Durham county for 1919 and each successive year up to and including 1930?

Mr. DENMAN (Second Church Estates Commissioner)

The gross royalty rents in respect of coal in the county of Durham received by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for their Common Fund were as follow:

£
For the year ended 31st March, 1919 239,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1920 325,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1921 361,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1922 227,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1923 331,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1924 358,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1925 355,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1926 308,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1927 176,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1928 265,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1929 273,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1930 298,000

Mr. LAWTHER

What was the amount charged per ton by the Commissioners on coal in relation to the figures given?

Mr. GILLETT

I should require notice of that question, and I am not sure that I could give it even then.

67. Mr. LAWTHER

asked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, if he will state the amount of rents paid to the Commissioners for estates in Durham County for 1919 and each successive year up to and including 1930?

Mr. DENMAN

The gross rents (including tithe rentcharges and mineral rents) from estates in the county of Durham received by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for their Common Fund were as follow:

£
For the year ended 31st March, 1919 414,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1920 443,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1921 483,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1922 339,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1923 452,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1924 486,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1925 484,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1926 434,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1927 291,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1928 392,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1929 406,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1930 436,000

68. Mr. LAWTHER

asked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, if he will state the amount of royalty rents paid for lead mined in Durham County for 1919, and each successive year up to and including 1930?

Mr. DENMAN

The gross royalty rents in respect of lead in the county of Durham received by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for their Common Fund were as follow:

£
For the year ended 31st March, 1919 8,300
For the year ended 31st March, 1920 3,500
For the year ended 31st March, 1921 5,900
For the year ended 31st March, 1922 1,600
For the year ended 31st March, 1923 1,800
For the year ended 31st March, 1924 3,100
For the year ended 31st March, 1925 4,000
For the year ended 31st March, 1926 5,900
For the year ended 31st March, 1927 4,500
£
For the year ended 31st March, 1928 3,300
For the year ended 31st March, 1929 2,100
For the year ended 31st March, 1930 1,700

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