§ Mr. Freudasked the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table indicating the annual income and expen- 448W diture of the March Third Internal Drainage Board and the Middle Level Commissioners from 1960 to 1973, or to the nearest convenient date, together with a similar table in respect of these drainage authorities' income and expenditure relating to the Dairyfields Estate, March, Cambridgeshire.
§ Mr. MoyleThe following tables show the available information. Details of expenditure relating to the Dairyfields Estate are not available. The operations of the March Third District Drainage Commissioners and the Middle Level Commissioners give benefit and protection to their drainage districts as a whole. Expenditure cannot readily be quantified in terms of work for the special benefit of small parts of their districts.
MARCH THIRD DISTRICT DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS AND MIDDLE LEVEL COMMISSIONERS INCOME FROM DAIRYFIELDS ESTATE, MARCH Year ended 31st March March Third Commissioners Middle Level Commissioners £ £ 1960 4 8 1961 4 9 1962 4 9 1963 4 9 1964 4 9 1965 4 9 1966 4 9 1967 4 9 1968 4 9 1969 4 42 1970 240 648 1971 431 838 1972 676 843 1973 688 1,095 Note: Prior to development of the Estate, drainage rates were levied on the valuation of the site as agricultural land only.
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MARCH THIRD DISTRICT DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS AND MIDDLE LEVEL COMMISSIONERS INCOME AND EXPENDITURE Income Year ended 31st March March Third Commissioners Middle Level Commissioners £ £ 1960 1,471 102,869 1961 1,725 99,365 1962 1,411 122,103 1963 1,547 114,360 1964 1,627 121,308 1965 2,022 129,735 1966 2,349 132,484 1967 2,485 160,023 1968 2,683 136,930 1969 2,923 175,043 1970 3,548 181,319 1971 2,719 189,847 1972 4,639 160,960 1973 6,071 170,280
Expenditure Year ended 31st March March Third Commissioners Middle Level Commissioners £ £ 1960 1,240 93,794 1961 1,803 97,003 1962 1,639 110,502 1963 1,003 105,582 1964 1,152 126,592 1965 1,195 110,641 1966 1,799 124,696 1967 2,800 147,071 1968 4,835 130,136 1969 4,043 175,904 1970 3,080 183,850 1971 2,982 204,542 1972 3,601 163,876 1973 4,428 182,866