HC Deb 13 April 1888 vol 324 c1183
MR. BOND (Dorset, E.)

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether farmers who have covenanted in their leases to perform a certain amount of cartage, in lieu of rent, for their landlords, will be liable for the Wheel and Horse Taxes in carrying out their agreements?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square)

In answer to this Question I can only repeat, as I said yesterday in reply to two similar inquiries, that it is quite impossible to provide in a general Bill to meet all contingencies and hypothetical cases, and it must be left to those who administer the new duty to do so fairly and without undue severity.