DUTY PAID ON BEER (LONDON).

HC Deb 06 September 1909 vol 10 c1072W

Mr. CHARLES ROBERTS

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the number of standard barrels of beer on which duty was paid in the five London collections in each of the months of May, June, July, and August in the years 1908 and 1909, respectively?

Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE

The numbers of standard barrels of beer on which duty was paid in the five Excise collections in London in each of the months of May, June, July, and August in 1908 and 1909 were as follows:—

	1908.	1909.
May	541,386	549,863
June	578,862	582,710
July	548,302	574,206.
August	626,064	547,951