§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of temporary clerical staff, and the total clerical staff, including established and temporary staff, in the taxes branch of the Inland Revenue Department for the years 1919 to 1926, inclusive?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe numbers of the temporary clerical staff and of the total clerical staff, including established and temporary staff, in the taxes branch of the Inland Revenue Department as at 1st January, 1920–27, were as follow:
expense involved in conforming to Excise restrictions on manufacture.
2. As at present advised, it is not proposed to bring any other substance, which may be used as a substitute for ethyl alcohol, within the scope of the Spirit Duty. It is however, proposed in Clause 15 of the Finance Bill to take power to collect information as to the importation, manufacture, distribution and use of the higher alcohols, and to require manufacturers of these substances to register with the Customs and Excise Department.