§ DR. HUTCHINSON (Sussex, Rye)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the materials used in the manufacture of beer in respect of which a caution as to their use has been issued, and those materials whose employment has been forbidden.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) As regards the two years ending April 30th, 1905, the following is a list of the materials used in the manufacture of beer in respect of which a caution as to their use has been issued by the Board of Inland Revenue:—Heading Powders, etc.—Minoka juice, Dublin stout heading, optacreme, clarifoam, cortex quillaia pulvis. Preservatives, etc.—Alginol, universal preservative tablets, phylax, salicylic acid, kalia meta sulphite, antacid neutralisers, gypsum, magnesia sulphate. Hop Substitutes, etc.—Optanin, Bradley's hop supplement, Estcourt's hop supplement. In the following cases the use of the article was objected to by the Board of Inland Revenue:—Flavouring Essences: malt, yeast foods, glucose, invert sugar, etc., containing arsenic. Peptomides, containing arsenic and copper. Stoutine, Baines combined heading and beer preservative, optacreme, ecumin, moussine, clarifoam, heading powders and liquids, containing quillaia extract. Saccharin, sucramine, and other compounds containing saccharin.