§ MR. COURTHOPETo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many liquid and how many standard barrels of beer were brewed in 1878, and in each subsequent year down to the present time.
(Answered by Mr. Asquith.) The following statements give the information asked for, so far as it is available. It is only within the last few years that a record has been kept of the number of liquid barrels—
| Number of Standard Barrels of Beer brewed in the half-year ended 31st March, 1881, and in each subsequent year. | |
| Year ended 31st March. | United Kingdom. |
| Number. | |
| Half-year October, 1880, to March, 1881* | 13,980,291 |
| 1882 | 27,870,526 |
| 1883 | 27,140,891 |
| 1884 | 27,750,091 |
| 1885 | 27,986,493 |
| 1886 | 27,194,893 |
| 1887 | 27,948,883 |
| 1888 | 28,236,446 |
| 1889 | 28,644,793 |
| 1890 | 30,868,315 |
| 1891 | 31,927,303 |
| 1892 | 32,201,167 |
| 1893 | 32,104,330 |
| 1894 | 32,182,738 |
| 1895 | 31,678,486 |
| 1896 | 33,825,959 |
| 1897 | 34,202,064 |
| 1898 | 35,632,131 |
| 1899 | 36,498,204 |
| 1900 | 37,090,986 |
| 1901 | 36,394,565 |
| 1902 | 35,899,313 |
| 1903 | 36,182,158 |
| 1904 | 35,318,053 |
| 1905 | 34,410,537 |
| 1906 | 34,021,879 |
| 1907 | 34,338,651 |
| * Figures cannot be given for the years prior to the imposition of the Beer Duty (October, 1880). |
§ The number of liquid barrels of beer produced can only be given for the following years—
| Year ended 31st March. | United Kingdom. |
| Number. | |
| 1902 | 36,887,260 |
| 1903 | 37,153,978 |
| 1904 | 36,329,813 |
| 1905 | 35,415,523 |
| 1906 | 35,066,094 |
| 1907 | 35,406,797 |