§ MR. W. PRIESTLEY (Bradford, E.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the number of Poor Law children who, on 1st January last, were resident in the workhouses and workhouse infirmaries of London and the provinces respectively; and if he will state in both instances the number who were over three years of age
§ (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) On the 1st January, 1907, the numbers of pauper children relieved in workhouses and workhouse infirmaries in England and Wales were as follows:—
§ the amount of plain spirit imported during the last twenty years into the United Kingdom on which duty has been paid.
§ (Answered by Mr. Asquith.) Statement of the quantities of plain spirits imported into the United Kingdom during the last twenty calendar years, and the quantities on which duty has been paid in each of those years:—
251| Years. | Imports. | Quantities entered for Home Consumption. | |||
| Not for Methylation. | For Methylation and for Art or Manufacture on which the differential duty has been paid. | Total. | |||
| Proof Gallons | Proof Gallons | Proof Gallons. | Proof Gallons | ||
| 1887 | 2,340,078 | 1,397,008 | 526,456 | 1,923,464 | |
| 1888 | 2,956,759 | 1,576,616 | 908,717 | 2,485,333 | |
| 1889 | 3,199,470 | 1,732,571 | 1,023,157 | 2,755,728 | |
| 1890 | 2,929,096 | 1,455,090 | 1,305,801 | 2,760,891 | |
| 1891 | 1,639,895 | 886,580 | 656,059 | 1,542,639 | |
| 1892 | 1,591,123 | 824,542 | 520,227 | 1,344,769 | |
| 1893 | 1,727,786 | 1,131,172 | 422,693 | 1,553,865 | |
| 1894 | 2,028,070 | 1,168,463 | 617,704 | 1,786,167 | |
| 1895 | 1,517,278 | 1,278,768 | 95,402 | 1,374,170 | |
| 1896 | 1,329,500 | 1,292,428 | 35,879 | 1,328,307 | |
| 1897 | 1,367,960 | 1,268,941 | 6,514 | 1,275,455 | |
| 1898 | 1,015,793 | 986,406 | 1,376 | 987,782 | |
| 1899 | 1,258,368 | 1,119,320 | 8,573 | 1,127,893 | |
| 1900 | 1,429,910 | 1,225,614 | 61,708 | 1,287,322 | |
| 1901 | 2,001,994 | 1,456,184 | 380,555 | 1,836,739 | |
| 1902 | 3,184,729 | 1,622,260 | 1,422,809 | } | 3,045,297 |
| For Art or Manufacture | — | — | 228 | ||
| 1903 | 1,907,099 | 1,476,712 | 411,949 | } | 1,890,425 |
| For Art or Manufacture | — | — | 1,764 | ||
| 1904 | 465,713 | 417,016 | 15,145 | } | 434,962 |
| For Art or Manufacture | — | — | 2,801 | ||
| 1905 | 239,265 | 203,176 | 24 | } | 206,777 |
| For Art or Manufacture | — | — | 3,577 | ||
| 1906 | 451,108 | 383,791 | — | } | 387,224 |
| For Art or Manufacture | — | — | 3,433 |