§ Major BREESEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he will state the total annual revenue derivable from the possessions of the Crown in Wales and Monmouthshire for the years 1917 and 1918, together with the total cost of administration and collection and the arrears of rents and royalties in each of these years; and whether the Crown contributes, and, if so, to what extent, to Imperial taxation or local rates in respect of such revenue and possessions?
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Sir A. BOSCAWENThe amounts are as follow:
1916–17. 1917–18. £ s. d, £ s. d, Total revenue 23,480 12 5 26,222 13 4 Total cost of administration and collection 2,959 18 2 2,967 0 5 Arrears 454 18 8 140 10 11 Rates and taxes (including Property Tax contributed by the Crown) 3,093 10 9 4,026 14 4
§ Major BREESEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he will state the amount, if any, expended by His Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests in developing the landed possessions of the Crown in Wales and Monmouthshire by the construction of roads and the erection of houses, specifying the locality and nature of such works, during the period 1900 to 1918?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe amounts ex pended during the period 1900 to 1918 are as follow:
Locality. Construction of roads. Erection of houses. £ s. d. £ s. d. Carnarvon— Hafodywern — 1,228 2 6 Penmaenrhos 412 0 11 — Llanfairfechan — 505 2 9 Merioneth— Harlech 2,140 15 1 3,590 13 11 Hafodfawr 744 15 7 — Monmouth— Raglan — 2,878 13 3 Tintern — 6,810 15 3 Total 3,297 11 7 15,013 7 8
§ Major BREESEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he will state the total amount derivable by the Exchequer as issuing out of the royalties of quarries and mines, the property of the Crown in Wales and Monmouthshire, distinguishing between the totals relating to coal mines, slate and stone quarries and mines, and other quarries and mines, respectively, and the tonnage and rates of royalty per ton in respect of each of the above?
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Sir A. BOSCAWENThe amounts for the financial year ending 31st March, 1919, are as follow:
Description. Tonnage. Amount received. £ s. d. Coal 6,320 1,345 0 0 State 9,544 1,339 12 8 Manganese 6,846 362 3 4 Gold and silver — 79 0 0 Other quarries and mines 233,284 3,140 7 0 £6,266 3 0 The rates of royalty vary from 4½d. to 7d. a ton on coal; on slate and certain minerals the royalty is usually 1–25th of the selling value; on manganese from 9d. to 1s. a ton; on gold and silver from 1 per cent., in cases where the Crown owns only the Royal metals, to 4 per cent, where the Crown owns all the minerals; and in the case of other quarries and mines the royalties vary from 1d. to 5s. a ton.