§ MR. CAINE (Barrow)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India if it is true that Messrs. Leishman and Company, of the Castle Brewery, Coonoor, pay an Excise Duty of three rupees six annas per hogshead on all the beers they manufacture; and, if so, why are they treated so exceptionally to all other brewers in India, who are stated by him to be untaxed?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir JOHN GORST,) ChathamThe reply given by me on June 21st, to the effect that beer was not taxed in India, was too general. There is an Excise Duty on beer in the Province of Madras.