§ MR. WHITLEY (Liverpool, Everton)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he would be prepared to instruct the Board of Inland Revenue to remit the penalties payable on stamping instruments executed prior to the passing of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act of 1888, which are presented to them for the purpose at any time before the 1st of January next?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square)The question has been fully considered; and the penalties payable on stamping instruments executed prior to the passing of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act of 1888 will be remitted, subject to certain conditions, which will be laid down in a Memorandum which will be issued to solicitors and others by the Board of Inland Revenue.