§ MR. EDWIN JAMESsaid, he wished to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications have been made in the Metropolis for Licences to sell Foreign Wines by retail under the provisions of the Refreshment Houses and Wine Licences Bill?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, 658 licences had been assigned in London to the occupiers of refreshment houses, but that did not include Kensington and Hammersmith, where the li- 1268 cences were charged and paid for in the county of Surrey. Out of these 658 only 129 had applied for licences to sell foreign wines by retail, to be consumed on the premises. He believed the nature of the Act was not sufficiently known, and that this accounted for the small number of wine licences applied for.