§ Lord henry Pettygave notice, that, before the close of the present session, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to allow exemptions from the Property Tax to persons, in certain cases, having low incomes and large families. It would be recollected, that, when the Property Tax bill was under discussion, he had stated his opinion, that these exemptions could not be introduced into the bill in the same form as in former bills, without materially affecting the produce of the tax; and in this the house had concurred with him. It was desirable, however, that, in the cases to which he alluded, every reasonable relief should be granted; and he had the satisfaction to state, that the bill, which it was his intention to bring forward in the course of the present session, would give the exemptions, without 483 being liable to any of the objections that applied to his former mode. He took that opportunity too of stating, that in consideration of the suggestions that had been thrown out by gentlemen, he meant to impose the duty on private brewing as an assessed tax, leaving out the excise clause altogether, which he had introduced only for the purpose of giving an opportunity to the party, in cases wherein it appeared to him that such opportunity would be desirable.
§ Mr. Percevalwished to know how the noble lord proposed to ascertain who were and who were not, private brewers?
§ Lord H. Pettyreplied, that person charged to the assessed taxes, were to be required to give in a statement in their returns, whether or not they were private brewers?