§ SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether arrangements have been made by which documents are now stamped at the Liverpool Stamp Office, with the exception of bills of lading, which have still to be forwarded to the Manchester Office to be stamped, causing much delay and inconvenience; and, whether, considering the large number of bills of lading used daily in Liverpool, arrangements can be made to have these documents stamped at the Liverpool Office?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)Yes, Sir; arrangements have been made for stamping documents at Liverpool, and it is fully expected that they will come into operation on the 1st day of May. The Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue proposes to take an early opportunity to visit 1716 Liverpool; and he will then go into the question of placing a recording press there for stamping bills of lading.