§ Mr. GINNELLnext asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland the amount of the 1139W abatement made from the sum payable to each local authority in Ireland in the year ended 31st March, 1916, owing to insufficiency of income of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account; the net amount in respect of land purchase liability deducted from or added to the sums payable to each county, county borough, and urban district council in Ireland as road authority on account of the Estate or Death Duty Grant in the year ended 31st March, 1916; and the net amount in respect of land purchase liability deducted from or added to the sum payable on behalf of each board of guardians in Ireland on account of the Estate or Death Duty Grant in the year ended 31st March, 19161
§ Mr. DUKEOwing to the necessity for economising staff and printing and in pursuance of Section 23 of the Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1916, this return for the year in question is not being prepared.