§ Mr. NEWMANasked the Chancellor whether he has seen the warrant given on appointment to each of the permanent valuers of the General Valuation Office, Ireland, appointed in pursuance of the provisions of the Irish Valuation and Boundary Survey Acts; on what grounds he has stated it to be only an authorisation to inspect lands for valuation purposes under these Statutes, and not a document limiting the duties of the valuers to work in pursuance of the provisions of those Statutes; and what authority the Treasury have for ordering these valuers to make valuations under the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the remainder of the question, the fact that valuers have received a special authority to inspect lands for the purposes of certain Statutes does not imply that their duties as officers of the Department are limited to work under those Statutes, and, as stated in reply to the hon. Member for South Tyrone on 11th July last, valuation under the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, is not outside the general scope of the officers' duties.