INDIAN EXCISE DUTY.

HC Deb 25 July 1889 vol 338 cc1250-1

MR. CAINE

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India if he is now in a position to state to the House the decision of the Government of India with regard to the imposition of an excise duty on the 4,860,000 gallons of malt liquor brewed in the 19 breweries established in different parts of India which he stated was under "the consideration of the Government of India?"

SIR J. GORST

I have no further answer to give to the question than that which I gave on the 21st of June—namely, that the matter is under the consideration of the Government of India.

MR. CAINE

Is there any hope of the decision being announced on an early day?

SIR J. GORST

The Government of India, like that of England, is not in the habit of announcing beforehand an intention to impose additional taxation.