EARL of RONALDSHAYasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the amount given in relief of rates under the Agricultural Rating Act, 1896, up to date?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe total of the grants in the United Kingdom under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1896, and consequential Acts up to 31st March, 1911, amounted to £32,526,234. Details for the period to 31st March, 1910, are given on pages 34 and 35 of the Statistical Abstract of the United Kingdom (Cd. 5296, 1910).