§ Mr. BARNSTONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cause of the delay in the Commissioners of Customs giving their decision as to the apportionment of the increased Licence Duties, Tinder Section 46, Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, in the case of Alexander MacLean, Chichester Arms, 66, Garden Lane, Chester.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEUp to the present the Commissioners of Customs and Excise have not obtained all the information necessary to enable them to make an apportionment under the Section. They have been in frequent communication with the parties concerned, and are at present awaiting a reply to a letter sent so recently as the 12th instant.