§ Mr. STANIERasked the Lord Advocate whether he can give the sum produced by a penny rate in the pound sterling in Scotland?
§ Mr. UREThe gross rental of Scotland for the year 1908–9, the latest year for which the local taxation returns have been issued, is £32,713,450. On this amount a rate of 1d. would produce about £136,000. In Scotland, however, the assessable rental on which a rate is raised, is not always the gross rental, but varies in accordance with the statutory provisions respecting the levy of the rate, and it may be assumed that a 1d. rate would, in practice realise from £100,000 to £120,000 as one or other basis of assessable rental is selected.