§ Mr. PATRICK WHITEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the quantity and descriptions of spirits imported into Ireland from all sources, including Great Britain, for each of the past three years, and on which he in future proposes to charge a duty of 3s. 9d. per gallon; what was the quantity of the same description of spirits exported from Ireland during the same period; and whether he will state what was the average annual number of barrels of beer manufactured in Ireland for the past three years, and the quantity annually exported and imported from all sources during the same time?
The HON. MEMBERfurther asked how many distilleries there are in England, Ireland, and Scotland, respectively, the average annual output of the distilleries in each country for the past three years, and the total annual produce of a tax of 3s. 9d. per gallon upon the combined annual output of the three countries; and whether he will give the total export of spirits to 1438 places outside Great Britain and Ireland and the total imports to the same countries from all outside sources?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEI am causing to be printed with the Votes statements containing, so far as it is available, the information asked for by the hon. Member in this Question and the next. [See Written Answers this date.]