HC Deb 17 November 1914 vol 68 c398

5. Resolved, "That in addition to the duty of Excise in respect of beer brewed in the United Kingdom there shall, on and after the eighteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and fourteen, be charged, levied and paid the following duties; that is to say—

£ s. d.
For every thirty-six gallons of worts of a specific gravity of one thousand and fifty-five degrees, a duty of 0 17 3
and so on in proportion for any difference in quantity or gravity; and it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913."—[Mr. Lloyd George.]