§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the expediency of making arrangements in the forthcoming Budget to impose special taxes on deer forests, salmon fishings, and grouse moors.
§ MR. ASQUITHI see no sufficient reason for taxing these particular objects of sumptuary expenditure to the exclusion of others, and any comprehensive scheme for taxing all such expenditure would be difficult to frame and still more difficult to administer. In my opinion, the object of my hon. friend, which I take to be to secure a larger proportionate contribution to the public revenue from the wealthier classes, could be more effectively secured by other means.