§ Mr. CAPEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the case of the St. Helen's Colliery Company, Cumberland, the £5 shares of which have been bought at £12, and to another case where an iron-ore mine in the same county, the nominal value of which was £30,000, was transferred to another company for £300,000; and whether he will consider the advisability of diverting a large portion of the unearned increment in these and similar cases to the national Exchequer?
§ Mr. BALDWINMy right hon. Friend's attention has not been drawn to the two cases alluded to. As regards the last part of the question, he is unable to anticipate his Budget Statement.