§ MAJOR RASCHI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Income Tax is deducted from the pay of officers of the Royal Navy serving afloat; and, if so, whether he would consider the possibility of remitting it?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.The answer is in the affirmative. The tax could not be remitted in the case of officers in the Royal Navy without conceding a similar remission to officers in other branches of the public service, which would be obviously undesirable. ["Hear, hear!"]