§ Mr. HERRIOTTSasked the Secretary for Mines if he will give the number of owners of coal royalties in the county of Durham, and also the numbers of those owners who receive over £7,000 per year in that county?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSMy hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. The number of royalty owners of coal situate in the county of Durham, who were assessed to Mineral Rights Duty for the financial year 1922–23 was 1065W 260, and of that number 12 were in receipt of royalties which, before deduction of Income Tax, exceeded £7,000.