§ MR. HUMEwished to asked a question of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It would be recollected, that last Session the House entered into a resolution that the gross revenue of the country should be paid into the Exchequer. He wished to know whether the gross revenue of the Customs and Excise, agreeably to the resolution, was to be paid into the Exchequer and brought to the public account or not?
§ The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, that it would have been the more convenient course for the hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) to have given notice of the question to be put. He was not prepared to say, that it was for the advantage of the public revenue or the advantage of the public service, that the whole amount of the gross revenue should be paid into the Exchequer.