§ SIR HENRY TYLER (Great Yarmouth)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he can see his way to relieve the fishing industry, which is at the present time in distress, as well as the agricultural interest, of the proposed Wheel Tax, the fishing carts being in most cases necessarily, owing to the rough nature of their work, over 10 cwt., and a very large number of extra carts being only employed for a small portion of the year in the height of the fishing season for rapid loading and unloading?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square), in reply, said, he could not undertake to relieve the fishing industry from the Wheel Tax. No person would be obliged to pay the tax for more vehicles than he possessed horses. The weight of the carts would be a matter for consideration.