§ MR. RAIKESasked if there was any precedent for obtaining a Vote in Ways and Means for the purpose of which that Vote was intended?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GLADSTONE), in reply, said, in his opinion, there was a great multitude of precedents. In point of fact, augmentations of the Income Tax were constantly voted by the House at a period when the House had only sanctioned a portion of the expenditure of the year; and, consequently, it remained uncertain whether the expenditure would reach such a total as to make the augmentations of the tax necessary.