§ Mr. MACLEANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated amount of dutiable bets made in 1928, and the amount upon which the tax was collected in the same year?
§ Captain MARGESSONI have been asked to reply. The approximate amount of the yield of the duty on bets during the year ended 31st December, 1928, was £2,151,200. The corresponding net turnover was approximately £89,000,000.