§ Mr. BARNARDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many on-licences have been suppressed under the 1904 Act in the years 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1908 respectively, and how many have been referred by the justices in 1909?
§ Mr. GLADSTONEThe figures for the years 1905 to 1903 are given in the Annual Volumes of Licensing Statistics (see volume for 1909, page 6). They are as follows:—
1905 … … … … 194 1906 … … … … 892 1907 … … … … 1,735 1908 … … … … 1,235 The figures of references for 1909 are not in my possession. I do not collect them till the end of the year, when the number of extinctions can also be ascertained.