HC Deb 18 October 1909 vol 12 cc107-8W
Mr. FFRENCH

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to resolutions passed by the Enniscorthy Asylum Board, urging the Treasury to increase the capitation grant from 4s. to 6s. 6d. per week; whether, the number of standard barrels of beer on which duty was paid in the five Excise collections in London in the months of September, 1909, and September, 1908, respectively?

Mr. HOBHOUSE

The number of standard barrels of beer upon which duty was paid in the five Excise collections in London in September, 1908, was 545,569, and in September, 1909, 508,212.