§ MR. KELLY (Camberwell, N.)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he is prepared to give an option to the County Councils of imposing the taxes on carts?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square)Seeing the considerable difficulties with which the Government is confronted in dealing with the opposition to this tax, I confess I should doubt the expediency of putting so critical a duty on the County Councils at their first starting as the decision whether or not to impose this tax. And the difficulties created by adjoining counties would be very great. The roads of the one county might be used by the carts of another, while the county where the carts were kept might not levy the tax. You might have a war of licences between different counties.