§ MR. BARNARD (Kidderminster)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will state the average specific gravity of a bulk barrel of beer in the year immediately preceding the imposition of the war tax of 1s., and the specific gravity in the last-known financial year for England and Wales.
(Answered by Mr. Asquith.) The average specific gravity of a bulk barrel of beer in England and Wales was 1,054.50 in the year ended 31st March 1900, and 1,052.58 in the year ended 31st March, 1907.