§ MR. CAINE (Barrow)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India, what is the number of breweries in India, the aggregate amount brewed by them, and the total amount of Excise Duty paid by them; (2) what is the average alcoholic strength of the malt liquor brewed by Indian brewers; and (3), what is the average alcoholic strength of toddy in the Bombay Presidency?
* SIR J. GORSTThere are 19 breweries brewing 4,860,282 gallons. No Excise Duty is levied, but the imposition of one is under consideration. (2) Is not known to the Secretary of State. (3) Is reported by the Bombay Excise Report of 1886-7 to be as strong as London porter.