§ Mr. Laboucherewished to put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The right hon. Gentleman on a former evening said, that in the event of treaties now pending with some of the wine countries being brought to a satisfactory termination, it was his intention to make certain allowances of duty on stock in hand to wholesale dealers, and to those who had ten-guinea wine licenses. Now, it was well known that there were many retail dealers, particularly in the country, who, though not holding ten-guinea wine licenses, were owners of as large stocks as many wholesale dealers, 237 and they thought it would be not dealing fairly to exclude them from the advantages which would be extended to others not holding larger stocks of wine on hand than they did. What he wished to ask was, whether the right hon. Gentleman would not extend the allowances to those who, though only retailers, dealt largely in wine?
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequersaid, in the event of the conclusion of the treaties with the wine countries, it was his intention to extend the allowance to the holders of the ten-guinea wine licenses who were wholesale dealers. But it was represented to him that many of the holders of ten-guinea spirit licenses dealt largely in wines, though only retailers. Seeing that, and that these holders of ten-guinea spirit licenses were subject to the visitations of the excise, it was his intention to extend the allowances to them as well as to those to whom he had at first referred.