§ Mr. HOAREasked the hon. Member for the Doncaster Division, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whether he will publish a Return of the Grants which have been made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to meet endowments given out of private money for ecclesiastical purposes in Wales and Monmouthshire, stating the names and places where the Grants have been made and the amounts and objects of the endowment?
§ Sir CHARLES NICHOLSONThe Ecclesiastical Commissioners will be willing to make such a Return, and will cause it to be prepared accordingly.
§ Mr. HOAREasked how much land and tithe rent-charge issuing out of land in Wales and Monmouthshire is applicable to ecclesiastical purposes in England?
§ Sir CHARLES NICHOLSONThe Ecclesiastical Commissioners possess in1512W Wales and Monmouthshire £9,152 commuted tithe rent-charge and land producing about £2,500 per annum derived by them from English Bishoprics and Chapters. On the other hand the Commissioners have in England £722 commuted tithe rent-charge and land producing about £188 per annum derived by them from Welsh Bishoprics and Chapters. There is some tithe rent-charge and other property in Wales and Monmouthshire belonging to English Ecclesiastical benefices, but, while I think the amount is inconsiderable, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have no particulars concerning it.