§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN (Worcestershire, E.)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of indirect taxation which it is estimated will be collected per head of the population in the year 1908–9; and what portion of this is due to taxation on alcohol and on tobacco, respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George). The indirect taxes in 1908–9 are estimated to amount to £1 6s. 11d. per head of the population. The amounts estimated to be due to taxation on alcohol and on tobacco respectively are 16s. 1d. and 6s. 3d. per head.