§ Captain Kerbyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appellants on Shoreham beach withdrew their proposals for reduction in their rating assessments before going to the local court and after visits from the valuation staff; how many signed their withdrawals during the valuation officers' visits; and how many withdrawals were signed by the wives of the appellants during their husbands' absence from home.
§ Mr. Diamond37, 25 and 5, respectively. In no case was the wife of an appellant pressed to sign a withdrawal form, but if she said that her husband did not intend to proceed with the appeal the valuer told her that she could sign a withdrawal form if she had her husband's authority.