HC Deb 10 July 1908 vol 192 cc216-20
MR. CHARLES ROBERTS (Lincoln)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state the rates of duty charged on liquor licences in the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York; whether he can give the total sums annually raised by such duties for each class of licence and the number of such licences in these high-licence states; and, if he is not in possession of the facts, whether he would request His Majesty's Embassy at Washington to supplement their Report No. 657, of 1907, by furnishing the information.

(Answered by Secretary Sir Edward Grey.) The scale of principal payments demanded in the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York, in return for a licence to sell liquor, is as follows:—

Massachusetts.
Class. Fees per annum.
£
First Class:—To sell liquor of any kind to be drunk on the premises, not less than 200
Second Class:—To sell malt liquors, cider, and light wines not containing more than 15 per cent. of alcohol, to be drunk on the premises, not less than 50
Third Class:—To sell malt liquors, or cider, to be drunk on the promises, not loss than 50
Fourth Class:—To sell liquors of any kind not to be drunk on the premises, not less than 60
New Hampshire.
Class. New Hampshire. Fees per annum.
First Class:—
To sell liquors of any kind to be drunk on the premises (to be issued only to inn-holders). At the discretion of the State Board of Licensing Commissioners Not more than £200, nor less than £5
Second Class:—
To sell liquors of any kind in quantities less than five gallons to one person at one time. In cities having a population of— £
40,000 or over 240
18,000 to 40,000 160
10,000 to 18,000 120
Under 10,000 80
In towns whoso population exceeds 2,500 60
In all other towns 50
Third Class:—
To sell liquors of any kind not to be drunk on the premises. In cities of over 40,000 people 160
In cities having between—
18,000 and 40,000 people 120
10,000 and 18,000 people 60
In cities having a population less than 10,000 40
In towns whose population exceeds 2,500 30
In all other towns 20
Fourth Class:—
To sell malt liquors, cider, or light wines containing not more than 15 per cent. of alcohol, to be drunk on the premises. In cities of—
Over 40,000 people 120
18,000 to 40,000 100
10,000 to 18,000 80
Less than 10,000 50
In towns whose population exceeds 2,500 40
In all other towns 30
New York.
Class. Fees per annum.
First Class:—
To sell all liquors to be drunk on the premises, or in quantities of not loss than five gallons to be drunk off the premises. If in a city or borough having a population of—
£ s. d.
1,500,000 or more 240 0 0
Less than 1,500,000, but more than 500,000 195 0 0
Less than 500,000, but more than 50,000 150 0 0
If in a city or village having more than—
50,000, but more than 10,000 105 0 0
10,000, but more than 5,000 90 0 0
If in a village having less than 5,000, but more than 1,200 60 0 0
If in a village having less than 1,200 30 0 0
Second Class:—
To sell all liquors in quantities less than five gallons not to be drunk on the premises. In a city or borough having a population of—
1,500,000 or more 150 0 0
Less than 1,500,000, but more than 500,000 120 0 0
Less than 500,000, but more than 50,000 90 0 0
In a city or village having a population of less than 50,000, but more than 10,000 60 0 0
In a village having a population of—
Less than 10,000, but more than 5,000 30 0 0
Less than 5,000, but more than 1,200 22 10 0
In any other place 15 0 0