§ Mr. Brothertonbegged to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he intended to propose any modification in the mode of collecting the passenger tax on railways?
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequersaid, he had received various proposals for changing the mode in which the duty was at present levied; and he had no objection to consent to an alteration, provided the revenue was not diminished. He had made a proposal on the subject to several parties connected with railways, to which he had as yet received no answer.