§ Motion made, and Question put, "That in lieu of the stamp ditties now chargeable on contract notes for or relating to the sale or purchase of any stock or marketable security there shall be charged the following stamp duties, that is to say:—
§ Where the value of the stock or marketable security—
§ Is £5 and does not exceed £100, sixpence;
366§ Exceeds £100 and does not exceed £500, one shilling;
§ Exceeds £500 and does not exceed £1,000, two shillings;
§ And for each additional £1,000 or fraction of £1,000, two shillings."
§ —[Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 292; Noes, 138.
369| Division No. 117] | AYES | [11.49 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Esslemont, George Birnie | M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Evans, Sir Samuel T. | M'Micking, Major G. |
| Agnew, George William | Everett, R. Lacey | Maddison, Frederick |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Fenwick, Charles | Manfield, Harry (Northants) |
| Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) | Ferens, T. R. | Markham, Arthur Basil |
| Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) | Ferguson, R. C. Munro | Marks, G. Croydon (Launceston) |
| Armitage, R. | Flennes, Hon. Eustace | Marnham, F. J. |
| Astbury, John Meir | Findlay, Alexander | Mason, A. E. W. (Coventry) |
| Atherley-Jones, L. | Foster, Rt. Hon. Sir W. (Ilkeston) | Massie, J. |
| Balfour, Robert (Lanark) | Fullerton, Hugh | Masterman, C. F. G. |
| Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Gibb, James (Harrow) | Menzies, Walter |
| Barker, Sir John | Gill, A. H. | Micklem, Nathaniel |
| Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) | Glen-Coates, Sir T. (Renfrew, W.) | Middlebrook, William |
| Barlow, Percy (Bedford) | Glendinning, R. G. | Molteno, Percy Alport |
| Barnes, G. N. | Glover, Thomas | Mond, A. |
| Barran, Sir John N. (Hawick B.) | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Montagu, Hon. E. S. |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) | Montgomery, H. G. |
| Beale, W. P. | Greenwood, G. (Peterborough) | Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) |
| Beauchamp, E. | Greenwood, Hamar (York) | Morrell, Philip |
| Beck, A. Cecil | Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward | Morse, L. L. |
| Bellairs, Carlyon | Gulland, John W. | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas |
| Benn, Sir J. Williams (Devonport) | Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | Murray, Capt. Hon. A. C. (Kincard.) |
| Benn, W. (Tower Hamlets, S. George) | Hall, Frederick | Myer, Horatio |
| Bennett, E. N. | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale) | Napier, T. B. |
| Berridge, T. H. D. | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) | Nicholls, George |
| Black, Arthur W. | Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worcester) | Norman, Sir Henry |
| Boulton, A. C. F. | Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | Norton, Capt. Cecil William |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) | Nussey, Thomas Willans |
| Brace, William | Harwood, George | Nuttall, Harry |
| Bramsdon, T. A. | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) |
| Branch, James | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | O'Grady, J. |
| Brocklehurst, W. B. | Haworth, Arthur A. | Parker, James (Halifax) |
| Brodie, H. C. | Hazel, Dr. A. E. | Partington, Oswald |
| Brooke, Stopford | Hedges, A. Paget | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
| Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) | Helme, Norval Watson | Pearce, William (Limehouse) |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Hemmerde, Edward George | Pearson, W. H. M. (Suffolk, Eye) |
| Buckmaster, Stanley O. | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Pointer, Joseph |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Henry, Charles S. | Pollard, Dr. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney Charles | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon., S.) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Bytes, William Pollard | Herbert, T. Arnold (Wycombe) | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) |
| Causton, Rt. Hon. Richard Knight | Higham, John Sharp | Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) |
| Cawley, Sir Frederick | Hobart, Sir Robert | Priestley, W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) |
| Channing, Sir Francis Allston | Hobhouse, Charles E. H. | Radford, G. H. |
| Cheetham, John Frederick | Holland, Sir William Henry | Raphael, Herbert H. |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Holt, Richard Durning | Rea, Russell (Gloucester) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Hooper, A. G. | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarboro') |
| Cleland, J. W. | Hope, John Deans (Fife, West) | Rees, J. D. |
| Clough, William | Horniman, Emslie John | Rendall, Athelstan |
| Clynes, J. R. | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton) |
| Cobbold, Felix Thornley | Hudson, Walter | Rldsdale, E. A. |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Hutton, Alfred Eddison | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Collins, Sir Wm. J. (S. Pancras, W.) | Idris, T. H. W. | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) |
| Compton-Rickett, Sir J. | Illingworth, Percy H. | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Cooper, G. J. | Isaacs, Rufus Daniel | Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) | Jackson, R. S. | Robinson, S. |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Jardine, Sir J. | Robson, Sir William Snowdon |
| Cory, Sir Clifford John | Jenkins, J. | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) |
| Cotton, Sir H. J. S. | Johnson, John (Gateshead) | Roe, Sir Thomas |
| Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Johnson, W. (Nuneaton) | Rogers, F. E. Newman |
| Crooks, William | Jones, Leif (Appleby) | Rose, Charles Day |
| Crossfield, A. H. | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Rowlands, J. |
| Crossley, William J. | King, Alfred John (Knutsford) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Curran, Peter Francis | Laidlaw, Robert | Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. |
| Dalziel, Sir James Henry | Lambert, George | Rutherford, V. H. (Brentferd) |
| Davies, Ellis William (Elfion) | Lamont, Norman | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Layland-Barrett, Sir Francis | Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) |
| Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Lehmann, R. C. | Schwann, Sir C. E. (Manchester) |
| Dewar, Sir J. A. (Inverness-sh.) | Lever, A. Levy (Essex, Harwich) | Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) | Levy, Sir Maurice | Sears, J. E. |
| Dobson, Thomas W. | Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David | Seaverns, J. H. |
| Duckworth, Sir James | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Seddon, J. |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-In-Furness) | Lupton, Arnold | Shackleton, David James |
| Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes | Shaw, Sir Charles Edward |
| Dunne, Maor E. Martin (Walsall) | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Edwards, Clement (Denbigh) | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Silcock, Thomas Ball |
| Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) | Mackarness, Frederick C. | Simeon, John Allsebrook |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Maclean, Donald | Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie |
| Elibank, Master of | Macpherson, J. T. | Snowden, P. |
| Erskine, David C. | M'Callum, John M. | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Essex, R. W. | M'Laren, Rt., Hon. Sir C. B. (Leices.) | Spicer, Sir Albert |
| Stanger, H. Y. | Toulmin, George | Whitley, John Henry (Halifax) |
| Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips | Wiles, Thomas |
| Steadman, W. C. | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal) | Verney, F. W. | Williams, J. (Glamorgan) |
| Strachey, Sir Edward | Walsh, Stephen | Williams, Osmond (Merioneth) |
| Straus, B. S. (Mile End) | Walters, John Tudor | Williamson, A. |
| Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon) | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Summerbell, T. | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.) |
| Sutherland, J. E. | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Taylor, John W. (Durham) | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestersh. N.) |
| Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury) | Waterlow, D. S. | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) | Watt, Henry A. | Winfrey, R. |
| Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.) | Weir, James Galloway | Wood, T. M'Kinnon |
| Thomassan, Franklin | Whitbread, Howard | |
| Thompson, J. W. H. (Somerset, E.) | White, Sir George (Norfolk) | |
| Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. |
| Thorne, William (West Ham) | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) | Joseph Pease and Mr. Herbert Lewis. |
| Tomkinson, James | Whitehead, Rowland |
| NOES | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork, N.E.) | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius | O'Brien, Kendal (Tipperary Mid) |
| Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir Alex. F. | Haddock, George B. | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Halpin, J. | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Hamilton, Marquess of | Oddy, John James |
| Ashley, W. W. | Harris, Frederick Leverton | O'Doherty, Philip |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Hay, Hon. Claude George | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) |
| Banner, John S. Harmood- | Hayden, John Patrick | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Helmsley, Viscount | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert T. | Percy, Earl |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Hogan, Michael | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Hope, James Fitzaian (Sheffield) | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Bignold, Sir Arthur | Houston, Robert Paterson | Randies, Sir John Scurrah |
| Boland, John | Hunt, Rowland | Ratcliff, Major R. F. |
| Bridgeman, W. Clive | Joynson-Hicks, William | Reddy, M. |
| Bull, Sir William James | Kennedy, Vincent Paul | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Burdett-Coutts, W. | Kerry, Earl of | Renton, Leslie |
| Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. H. M. | Keswick, William | Renwick, George |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Kilbride, Denis | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. | King, Sir Henry Seymour (Hull) | Roche, John (Galway, East) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Lambton, Hon. Frederick Wm. | Ronaldshay, Earl of |
| Cave, George | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Rutherford, John (Lancashire) |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe | Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool) |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E.) | Law, Andrew Boner (Dulwich) | Salter, Arthur Clavell |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc.) | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Coates, Major E. F. (Lewisham) | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham) | Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, East) |
| Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Smith, F. E. (Liverpool, Walton) |
| Crack, Sir Henry | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Crean, Eugene | MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh | Stanier, Seville |
| Dalrymple, Viscount | MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.) | Starkey, John R. |
| Delany, William | MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire) |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | M'Arthur, Charles | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
| Du Arthur Philip | M'Calmont, Colonel James | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Duffy, William J. | Magnus, Sir Philip | Tuke, Sir John Batty |
| Duncan, Robert (Lanark, Govan) | Marks, H. H. (Kent) | Valentia, Viscount |
| Faber, George Denison (York) | Mason, James F. (Windsor) | Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire) |
| Fell, Arthur | Meagher, Michael | Walrond, Hon. Lionel |
| Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey | Meysey-Thompson, E. C. | Warde, Col. C. E. (Kent, Mid) |
| Fletcher, J. S. | Mildmay, Francis Bingham | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Foster, Philip S. (Warwick, S.W.) | Mooney, J. J. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Gibbs, G. A. (Bristol, West) | Moore, William | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Gooch, Henry Cubitt (Peckham) | Morpeth, Viscount | Winterton, Earl |
| Gordon, J. | Morrison-Bell, Captain | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Goulding, Edward Alfred | Murphy, John (Kerry, East) | Younger, George |
| Gretton, John | Murphy, N. J. (Kilkenny, S.) | |
| Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggerston) | Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— Mr. |
| Guinness, W. E. (Bury S. Edm.) | Nolan, Joseph | Joseph Pease and Mr. Herbert Lewis. |