Vol. 163 No. 5
I move:—
That a sum not exceeding £378,000 be granted to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1958, for Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments.
Can the Minister say what the actuality has proved to be like since this Estimate was framed? This Estimate was framed long before there was any question of rates being struck for the current year. The rates have been struck since then.
I do not know the sum exactly. I have a note in connection with the agricultural grant, which shows that the rates actually are lower than was estimated by the Department of Local Government at that time. I think they are about 4 per cent. lower, but I should not like to mention an exact figure.
