HC Deb 19 October 1909 vol 12 cc121-2

Return ordered "for the year ending the 31st day of March, 1909, showing in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland the number of licensed public-houses in (a) each county borough; (b) each municipal borough; (c) each urban district; and (d) the rural districts of each county; classified according to annual value, and showing the maximum amount of Licence Duty payable at each step of the scale of value, and the total sum paid in duty on licensed public-houses in each such area:—

"Of the number of dealers' licences for beer, spirits, wines, and sweets, together with 'additional retail' and other retail off-licences held with them (commonly known as grocers' licences), in each area as enumerated above, in England, Wales, and Ireland, distinguishing between each description of licence, and giving the maximum amount of Licence Duty charged on each, and the total sum paid in duty in each area as well as the total number of premises licensed:

"Of the number of retailers for beer, cider, wine, and sweets, distinguishing those having licences for 'on' consumption from those having licences for 'off' consumption, and giving the maximum amount of Licence Duty payable on each house and the total amount paid on such licences in each area as enumerated above in England, Wales, and Ireland, as well as the total number of premises licensed:

"Corresponding particulars for Scotland from (a) each burgh (royal, municipal, or police, as the case may be), and (b) the rural districts of each county (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 408, of Session 1903)."—[Mr. J. J. Mooney.]