§ MR. O. V. MORGAN (Battersea)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, The number of publicans and beersellers in the Metropolitan Police District who 1794 have been convicted of selling adulterated beer during the year ending the 31st day of March, 1887; the total amount of penalties imposed; and, to what fund such penalties were appropriated?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square), in reply, said, the number of publicans and beersellers so convicted up to the time mentioned was 316. The total amount of penalties imposed was £7,667. Such penalties are carried to the head of Miscellaneous Revenue.