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(JKKAT IUJ1TAIN AND IUKLAND. 



heirs to peerages, determine*! to test theques- 



,. , v ..... . . .. not - l< el t" re- 



main a commoner instead of nualifying as a 

 peer. One of them. Vixoo.mt \\olmor. fell heir 

 to the Karldoin of Selhnrne r 'u his 



inpaariiif in his accustomed seat Sir William 

 IlarccHirt moved to have a commit tee appointed 

 her ho had succeeded to a peer- 



r George N. Cunwn and St John Mrodri.k, 

 4 -,ns,,f peers who were allied with 

 NNolmor in the cont.-t. supported his 

 in and out of Parliament. It has 



the custom t.. treat the succession to a 

 peerage m creating a vacancy, but the qu 

 had never been decided. The oontrorenr ended 

 in iu being established as the law of Parliament 

 that the succession to a peerage of a member of 

 the Lower House vacates his seat whether he 

 applies for or receives a writ of summons to the 

 I PJMT I louse or not 



The budget was presented by Sir William 

 Harcourt on Hay 8. The revenue for 1894- f lK> 

 hail realised 509.000 more than the estimates 

 and the expenditure, including 704,000 of sup- 

 plementary estimates for Uganda, the navy, 

 education, Cyprus, and Irish relief, varied only 

 34.000 from the estimates. The balance showed 

 a surplus of 776,000. The total receipts were 

 3.551,000 more than the receipts of the preced- 

 ing Tear ; customs yielded 408,000 more, excise 

 850,000 more, stamps 1,580,000 more, income 

 tax 400.000 more, t he post office 290,000 more, 

 and telegraphs 40,000 more, The import duty 

 on spirits, in spite of the extra Qd. a gallon, 

 yielded only 67,000 more than in 1893-'94, and 



\eise receipts from domestic spirits were 

 390.000 less than the estimates, whereas the 

 extra tax of M. a barrel on beer did all that 

 was expected of it. The new death duties, ex- 

 pected to produce 1,000,000, fell short of that 

 figure only 32,000. The large increase in the 

 stamps receipts was due to activity in the min- 



ing market and a general recovery in business, 

 debt was reduced by 8,529,000 dur- 

 ing ISM-TO. The interest on the - 

 shares owned bv the British Government was 

 * in 1805. These shares are valued 

 at 83.900.000. The savings banks gained in 

 deposits 7.160.000 during the year. Th- 

 funds of the friendly, industrial, provident. 

 and building societies amounted to 240,296,- 

 733, net increase of 60.000,000 in ten 

 The expenditure of th- <;..\ eminent for 1895- 

 "96 was estimated at 95.981,000. The increase 



- : , ' the navy, which n- 



1.400.000 more than in 1895, and to 



*nal expenditure for the civil . 



especially for the enlargement of edii' 



Th* UHal expend. tu- ', ;<;. including 



the imperial com n l.i u i-.i, XK) to local 



iwrennea, it 10*43.0(H). which is raised by 



local taxation. The Government revenue proper 



M estimated at 5.662.000, leaving a deficit of 



tlMOOoothe assumption ll. utional 



b^rr and mint duties would expire on Julv 1. 



To avoid this deficit the Chancellor .,f t 



yijy|fprouo>ed to re-enact the duty of M. a 



Iparrel (36 gaUnrw) on beer, which would increase 



the revenue to 96.162.000 and turn the deficit 



.n estimated surplus of 181.000. The re- 



impotition of the extra beer duty in preference 



to the spirit duty, which was unpopular in Ire- 

 land, drew forth sarcastic comment- from \\\? 

 Conservatives. Tin- income ta\ \\a> coi 

 at the rate of the preirding year, 8rf. in the 

 piuiiid. or :{} por 



The Irish hind law Kill, prepared |,y M r> 

 Morley. altered the slat utory term fort!. 

 HOII of ri-iit>* from liftren t'o ten years. , 

 plied to terms already fixed a- well as to neW 

 oases where a judicial retit was pra\ c.| f-r. 1'ijr 

 lill alo|js!ic.l the landlord'- rii;ht' of pi 

 t ion and provided that the tenant should , 

 rent on his improvements and that all 

 should !>< made in respect of hi- 

 Two valuers would e-timate what wa> 

 rent, and the Land ('..mmi-^ion would ' 

 judicial rent at that figure unl. - iin- la 

 or the tenant objected. The bill also ab 

 in certain cases the remedy of ej- 

 nonpayment of rent. All imp- 

 since 1850 are T)re-umc(| to have Keen n: 

 the tenant. Tins clau-c i- intended to in 

 results of the decision in the law ca-e <.f 

 airain-t I Minsrat li. w hich allirmed t hat tl. 

 act of 1S70 provided compensation for in 

 ments. Mr. Morley's bill prescrilies that 

 ing a fair rent the court shall include in th> 

 tenant's interest any increase in the letting 

 value of the holding that ha- n-ulti-d fr- 

 pro vements that he has made, and also th- 

 to the continued occupation of his hol-i 

 cured to the tenant by the various land a< 

 contract by a tenant iiot to claim com pnnsmijH 

 for improvements warrants the allo\v:r 

 rent in respect of any improvement, un 

 landlord proves that it was made by him. 

 Hither tenant or landlord can apply to ths 

 Land Commission to have a fair rent fixed. The 

 landlord can not determine a tenancy I 

 letting the land. No action to recover n-ut or 

 evict a tenant can l>e brought if tl 

 been two years overdue. When a statutory 

 term has expired the, tenant continue^ it 

 pation under tho former condition- u: 

 tenancy is determined or until a new juduB 

 rent is fixed. 



The Welsh Disestablishment bill to ten 

 the legal cstabli-hment of the Church of 1^1 

 land in Wales and Monmouth-hirc was intro- 

 duced by Mr. A-<|uith. The Wd-h Church, 

 originally a spontaneous national growth, hav- 

 ing been for centuries usc< .endciiey of 

 the English Church, dis-ent spran- up 

 eighteenth century and -pivad until now thAi 



:.'X><) nonconformist con- 1 

 principality, comprising three .|uarters or fowl 



fifths of the Jiopulation. .Ml 1 , (rlad-t..: 



d with some of the pn.vi-ioii 

 withdrew his pair toward the close .f 

 sion. The Government accepted am- i 

 placing schools and public chapels und -r 



body, instead f di-cru! 

 ejitin-ly. 



A bill dealing with Church pat 

 rn ip by the bishojs. It aimed ;>' - in -k 

 tie worst abu-es ,,f the p. v.stem, 



ami renders alnio-t imp-.-sible sales <>{ the ^BjM 

 of patronage. Sales by auction ai 

 pronibited. Persons presented to livi- 

 an vicious or incapable can be reje. -t.-d by tl 

 bishops. 



