§ MR. BIGGARasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he is aware that persons in Ireland who sell beer merely by retail have, in addition to the ordinary retail licence(£1 5s.), to take out a wholesale dealer's licence, at a cost of£3 6s. l¾d., while this latter Duty is not imposed on retailers of beer in England; and, whether he intends, in his next Revenue Bill, to remove this manifest injustice?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. Gladstone)Sir, I think the hon. Member will recollect that the hon. Member for the City of Waterford (Mr. R. Power) asked me this Question so lately as the 28th of March.