§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the amount of licence duty paid by Belfast licensed traders in the years ended 10th October, 1905, and 10th October, 1906.
§ (Answered by Mr. Asquith.) The accounts kept by the Inland Revenue Department at Somerset House do not show either the amounts for years ending 10th October or figures of duty paid "by Belfast licensed traders," as distinguished from licensed traders in the Belfast collection, which extends much beyond the City of Belfast. It would be possible to compile such a Return as is desired out of the local Belfast accounts, but its preparation would involve considerable expenditure of time and trouble.