§ 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 |