MR. BUTTONsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether the wholesale Wine Licence at £10 10s. confers upon the holder the power of selling by retail, without the necessity of taking an additional retail Licence?
§ SIR FITZROY KELLYsaid, he would also ask, Whether the wholesale Wine Merchants, who are under their present Licences allowed to sell Wine by the single bottle, will have the same privilege under the new Law.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, there was no intention to deprive the holders of the ten guinea licence of any privilege they were entitled to under the existing law. The Excise Department had no doubt that the ten guinea licence did convey the privilege of selling wine by the single bottle, and as there was no intention to make any alteration in that respect, if there was anything in the Bill which might be supposed to do so it would be altered.