§ 5. Motion made, and Question put, "That in addition to the duty of excise now payable in respect of beer brewed in the United Kingdom there shall, on and after the sixth day of March, nineteen hundred, and until the first day of August, nineteen hundred and one, be charged, levied, and paid the following duty (that is to say)—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| For every thirty-six gallons of worts of a specific gravity of one thousand and fifty-five degrees the duty of | 0 | 1 | 0 |
§ and so on in proportion for any difference in quantity or gravity.—(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)
§ The Committee divided:—Ayes, 215; Noes, 18. (Division List No. 57.)
163| AYES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Capt. Sir Alex. F. | Godson, Sir A. Frederick | Murray, Charles J.(Coventry) |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Goldsworthy, Major-General | Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath) |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Gordon, Hon. John Edward | Nicol, Donald Ninian |
| Arnold, Alfred | Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Eldon | Oldroyd, Mark |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Goschen, Rt Hn G. J. (St George's | Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay |
| Balfour, Rt. Hn. A. J.(Manch'r) | Goschen, George J. (Sussex) | Palmer, Sir Chas. M.(Durham) |
| Banbury, Frederick George | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Palmer, George Wm. (Reading) |
| Barry, Rt Hn A H Smith-(Hunts | Graham, Henry Robert | Pease, H. Pike (Darlington) |
| Bartley, George C. T. | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Pease, Joseph A. (Northumb.) |
| Beach, Rt. Hn. Sir M. H.(Bristol | Green, W. D. (Wednesbury) | Penn, John |
| Beach, Rt. Hon. W. W. B(Hants. | Gretton, John | Philipps, John Wynford |
| Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Greville, Hon. Ronald | Phillpotts, Captain Arthur |
| Beckett, Ernest William | Grey, Sir Edward (Berwick) | Pierpoint, Robert |
| Bethell, Commander | Gull, Sir Cameron | Pilkington, Rich.(LancsN'ton) |
| Bhownaggree, Sir M. M. | Gurdon, Sir William Brampton | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Billson, Alfred | Haldane, Richard Hurdon | Pollock, Harry Frederick |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Hamilton, Rt. Hon. Lord George | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Bonsor, Henry Cosmo Orme | Hanbury, Rt. Hon. Robert Wm. | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Bousfield, William Robert | Hanson, Sir Reginald | Provand, Andrew Dryburgh |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Hardy, Laurence | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Brymer, William Ernest | Hayne, Rt. Hon. Charles Seale- | Purvis, Robert |
| Caldwell, James | Henderson, Alexander | Rankin, Sir James |
| Campbell, J. H. M. (Dublin) | Hoare, Sir Samuel (Norwich) | Rentoul, James Alexander |
| Carlile, William Walter | Hobhouse, Henry | Richardson, J. (Durham, S.E. |
| Cavendish, V.C.W. (Derbysh.) | Howard, Joseph | Richardson, Sir Thos.(Hartlep'l |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles William | Howell, William Tudor | Rickett, J. Compton |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Hertford, East) | Hozier, Hon. James Henry Cecil | Ridley, Rt. Hn. Sir Matthew W. |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) | Hubbard, Hon. Evelyn | Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J(Birm. | Hutchinson, Capt. G. W.(Grice- | Robertson, Herbert (Hackney) |
| Chamberlain, J. Austen(Worc'r | Jeffreys, Arthur Fredrick | Rothschild, Hn. Lionel Walter |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Johnston, William (Belfast) | Round, James |
| Charrington, Spencer | Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) | Russell, T. W. (Tyrone) |
| Chelsea, Viscount | Jones, William (Carnarvonsh.) | Rutherford, John |
| Clare, Octavius Leigh | Kennaway, Rt. Hon Sir J. H. | Ryder, John Herbert Dudley |
| Coghill, Douglas Harry | Keswick, William | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Cohen, Benjamin Louis | Kimber, Henry | Sandys, Lieut.-Col. T. Myles |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Knowles, Lees | Seely, Charles Hilton |
| Colomb, Sir. John Charles Ready | Lafone, Alfred | Shaw-Stewart, M. H. (Renfrew |
| Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole | Langley, Batty | Simeon, Sir Barrington |
| Cook, Fred. Lucas (Lambeth) | Lawrence, Sir E. Durning-(Corn | Smith, Abel H. (Christchurch |
| Cooke, C. W. Radcliffe (Her'f'd | Lawson, John Grant (Yorks.) | Smith, James Parker (Lanarks. |
| Corbett, A. Cameron(Glasgow) | Lawson, Sir W. (Cumberland) | Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand) |
| Cornwallis, Fiennes Stanley W. | Leese, Sir J. F. (Accrington) | Souttar, Robinson |
| Cotton-Jodrell, Col. Edw. T. D. | Leigh-Bennett, Henry Currie | Stevenson, Francis S. |
| Cubitt, Hon. Henry | Leng, Sir John | Stewart, Sir Mark J. M'Taggart |
| Curzon, Viscount | Llewelyn, Sir D. (Swansea) | Stone, Sir Benjamin |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Lockwood, Lieut.-Col. A. R. | Strauss, Arthur |
| Denny, Colonel | Long, Rt. Hon. W. (Liverpool) | Sturt, Hon. Humphry Napier |
| Dewar, Arthur | Lopes, Henry Yarde Buller | Thomas, A. (Glamorgan, E.) |
| Dorington, Sir John Edward | Lorne, Marquess of | Thorburn, Sir Walter |
| Doughty, George | Lowe, Francis William | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Lowles, John | Tollemache, Henry James |
| Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) | Loyd, Archie Kirkman | Tomlinson, W. E. Murray |
| Dunn, Sir William | Macartney, W. G. Ellison | Usborne, Thomas |
| Evershed, Sydney | Macdona, John Cumming | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) |
| Faber, George Denison | Maclure, Sir John William | Warr, Augustus Frederick |
| Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edw. | M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) | Webster, Sir Richard E. |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) | M'Crae, George | Welby, Lt,-Col. ACE(Taunton |
| Fergusson, Rt. Hn. Sir J.(Man. | M'Iver, Sir Lewis (Edin. W.) | Welby, Sir C. G. E. (Notts.) |
| Finch, George H. | M'Killop, James | Wentworth, B. C. Vernon- |
| Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | M'Laren, Charles Benjamin | Williams, J. Powell- (Birm.) |
| Firbank, Joseph Thomas | Malcolm, Ian | Willox, Sir John Archibald |
| Fisher, William Hayes | Massey-Mainwaring, Hn W.F. | Wilson, John (Falkirk) |
| Flannery, Sir Fortescue | Mellor, Colonel (Lancashire) | Wilson,J.W.(Worcestersh., N. |
| Flower, Ernest | Middlemore, J. Throgmorton | Wodehouse, Rt Hon ER(Bath) |
| Forster, Henry William | Milward, Colonel Victor | Woodhouse, Sir J T(Huddrsfi'ld |
| Foster, Colonel (Lancaster) | Monckton, Edward Philip | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Foster, Harry S. (Suffolk) | More, R. Jasper (Shropshire) | Wyvill, Marmaduke D'Arcy |
| Galloway, William Johnson | Morrell, George Herbert | Young, Commander(Berks, E.) |
| Gedge, Sydney | Morrison, Walter | |
| Gibbs, Hn. A. G. H. (City of Lond. | Morton, E. J. C. (Devonport) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES:— |
| Giles, Charles Tyrrell | Moulton, John Fletcher | Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther |
| Gladstone, Rt. Hn. Herbert J. | Murray, Rt. Hn. A. Gra'm(Bute |
| NOES. | ||
| Abraham, Wm. (Cork, N. E.) | Jameson, Major J. Eustace | Redmond John E.(Waterford) |
| Austin, M. (Limerick, W.) | Kilbride, Denis | Redmond, William (Clare) |
| Crilly, Daniel | Macaleese, Daniel | Sullivan, Donal (Westmeath) |
| Doogan, P. C. | MacDonnell, Dr M A.(Queen'sC | Tanner, Charles Kearns |
| Engledew, Charles John | M'Dermott, Patrick | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Fox, Dr. Joseph Francis | O'Malley, William | Captain Donelan and Mr. Patrick O'Brien. |
| Healy, Timothy M. (N. Louth) | Power, Patrick Joseph |
§ Resolved, That in addition to the duty of excise now payable in respect of beer brewed in the United Kingdom there shall, on and after the sixth day of March, nineteen hundred, and until the first day of August, nineteen hundred and one, be charged, levied, and paid the following duty (that is to say):—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| For every thirty-six gallons of worts of a specific gravity of one thousand and fifty-five degrees the duty of | 0 | 1 | 0 |
§ and so on in proportion for any difference in quantity or gravity.