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Mr. Emery
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps have been taken to accept certain land near Grasmere, Westmorland, in settlement of Estate Duty; and if he will make a statement.
Sir E. Boyle
The Commissioners of Inland Revenue have accepted fifteen acres of land near the village of Grasmere in the Lake District in settlement of duty payable on the estate of Mrs. E. F. Rawnsley. The land has been transferred to the National Trust at a cost to the National Land Fund of £1,075. Mrs. Rawnsley's late husband, Canon Rawnsley, was a founder member of the National Trust. It is particularly gratifying that this land, which was once his property, should now have been transferred to the Trust.