§ MR. AGG-GARDNER (Cheltenham)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, in order to protect the Excise, and to enable the formation of an accurate estimate of the amount of beer consumed throughout the United Kingdom, he will cause such cottage brewers as are exempt from the payment of brewing licences to register their names, together with the quantity of beer produced by them, once in every year?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square), in reply, said, the 1619 information that would be derived from the adoption of the suggestion was not likely to be so trustworthy or so complete as to make it worth while to impose such an obligation on the cottage brewers, or the additional duty on the Excise officers.