Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [‎171r] (341/442)

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cise amount of Guaranteed Two and Three-
quarter per Cent. Irish Land Stock to pay
the dividend on which the sum of
£656,894 13s. 8d. was issued to the Bank
of England on Saturday, 29th June, last;
what was the amount of Income Tax ascer
tained and paid on that dividend; and
how and by whom, and on what date, was
that tax paid to the Exchequer 1
Mr. LLOYD GtORGE: The amount of
Guaranteed 2f per Cent. Stock was
£47,774,159 Is. Id. The amount of Income
Tax deducted was £14,242 13s. 9d. This
sum, less a sum of £52 10s. 8d., which has
been the subject of an action brought
against the Bank of England by Mr. T. G.
Bowles, was paid to the Exchequer by the
bank on the order of the Commissioners of
Inland Revenue on 3rd July.
Local and Imperial Taxation (Report).
Mr. CASS EL asked the Chancellor of the
Exchequer if he will state what is the
reason for the delay in publishing the first
Report of evidence given before the Com
mittee on Local and Imperial Taxation,
which was originally promised by the end
of March and which was in proof some
weeks ago ?
Mr. LLOYD GEORGE: The Report was
laid yesterday, and will, I hope, be issued
in a few days. I regret the delay, which
is due to the causes stated in the answer
given to the hon. and learned Member on
the 21st May.
Old Age Pensions.
Mr. BOYTON asked the Chief Secretary
how many old age pensions granted by the
Pension Committees in Ireland from 1st
October, 1908 to 31st March, 1912, were
subsequently disallowed by the Irish Local
Government Board?
Mr. BIRRELL: The total number of
appeals by claimants, pensioners, and pen
sion officers considered by the Local
Government Board up to the 30th March,
1912, was 55,207. As a result of these
appeals 40,351 claims were disallowed,
10,830 were allowed, while 4,026 appeals
were dismissed as “late.” Without
examining each entry in the Register, it
would be impossible to give the number of
cases of old age pensions granted by
Pension Committees and subsequently
disallowed by the Local Government
Board.
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GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND BILL.
Education (Ireland).
Mr. GIN NELL asked the Chief Secretary
whether any representations have reached
him or any Government Department on
the insufficiency of funds for primary and
intermediate education in Ireland and the
necessity for increasing the provision in
the Government of Ireland Bill; whether
they are made in the interest of education
and well-founded in the facts as compared
with the provision for similar purposes in
Great Britain; and whether he is prepared
to put down or accept an Amendment to
the Bill of the nature indicated ?
Mr. BIRRELL: I have received many
representations on the subject. While the
difference of systems in Great Britain and
Ireland makes an accurate comparison al
most impossible, I am always anxious to
get as much money as possible for Irish
education. The difficulty arises from the
many calls on the Public Purse and does
not depend on legislation.
National School Teachers (Ireland).
Mr. GINNELL asked whether there is
on record any expression of satisfaction
or of dissatisfaction by the Commissioners
of National Education in Ireland with the
scale of pay and pension which deprives
them of the services of the best teachers
who are not bound by domestic ties to sub
mit to that treatment.
Mr. BIRRELL: Many such expressions
have appeared from time to time in the
Reports of the Commissioners of National
Education. The hon. Member is no doubt
aware that an additional £25,000 is pro
vided in the Estimates for the current year
for teachers’ pensions in Ireland.
Belfast Riots.
Mr. BARNES asked the Chief Secretary
if his attention has been further called to
the disturbances at Belfast and to the in
activity of the local authorities; is he
aware that members of British trade
unions who have been working in the ship
yards are being intimidated, and are
leaving their work and causing expense
to the unions in paying them unemploy
ment benefit; and can he take any steps
to induce the local authorities to afford
adequate protection, or otherwise direct
that such protection should be given by
the forces of the Crown ?
Mr. BIRRELL: Ten Roman Catholics
and one Protestant were assaulted in the