64. Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is satisfied that a payment of £375,000 out of the Crown Nominee Account to the Exchequer in 1959 as compared with the payment of £77,249 in grants represents a fair distribution of estates escheated to the Crown; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir E. BoyleYes, claims for grants from estates falling to the Crown as146W bona vacantia are made only in a small proportion of cases. I am satisfied that the long established practice which governs the exercise of the Royal Bounty in these cases works fairly.