§ COLONEL HAMILTON (Southwark, Rotherhithe)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, How far the Commissioners of Inland Revenue approve the use in brewing of saccharine, other than barley malt, such as malted rice (rice specially prepared for brewing), saccharine, &c.; and, whether such evidence 30 as the Commissioners possess tends to show that the beer thus produced is of a lighter and less intoxicating character, when made from such materials in combination with barley malt, than from barley malt alone?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT) (Derby), in reply, said, that as to the material used in brewing beer that was not a matter on which the Commissioners of Inland Revenue felt justified in offering an opinion. But there was no doubt that very good beer was made out of rice.