§ MR. HODGKINSONsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 1377 quer, Whether he will so modify the 9th Resolution intended to be proposed in Committee of Ways and Means (the Resolution relating to House Agents) as to exempt from its operation all persons letting and receiving the rents of unfurnished houses only; and, if not, whether he will consent to exempt from its operation those persons who are agents only for houses none of which shall be let for a higher rent than £25 per annum?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, he was not aware of any sufficient reason for exempting from the operation of the 9th Resolution persons letting and receiving the rents of unfurnished houses only, but he had no objection to limit the operation to agents of houses that were not of higher rent or value than £25 per annum.