asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the various increases in the Tobacco Duty which have taken place since 1914; the amount of tobacco on which duties have been levied in each year since 1914; and the revenue obtained from the Tobacco Duty in each-year since 1914?
The information asked for is as follows:
| (2) Home-grown. | ||||||||||||
| Description. | 1914 to 21st Sept., 1915. | 22nd Sept., 1915, to 2nd May, 1917. | 3rd May, 1917, to 15th July, 1917. | 16th July, 1917, to 22nd April, 1918. | 23rd April, 1918, to 31st Aug., 1919. | 1st Sep., 1919, to 1922. | ||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Unmanufactured— | Five-sixths of | |||||||||||
| Containing 10 lbs. or more of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof. | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Containing less than 10 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof. | 3 | 11 | 5 | 11½ | 8 | 0 | 6 | 11½ | 8 | 10½ | 8 | 10½ |
| Manufactured— | ||||||||||||
| Cavendish or Negrohead manufactured in bond. | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4½ | 10 | 4½ |
| THE quantity of Tobacco retained for home consumption and the net Receipt of Duty during each of the calendar years 1914 to 1922 is as follows: | |||||||
| Calendar year. | Imported. | Home-grown. | Total. | ||||
| Quantity. | Duty. | Quantity. | Duty. | Quantity. | Duty. | ||
| lbs. | £ | lbs. | £ | lbs. | £ | ||
| 1914 | … | 101,001,197 | 18,699,020 | 180,819 | 28,506 | 101,182,016 | 18,727,526 |
| 1915 | … | 108,037,663 | 22,799,493 | 165,180 | 31,669 | 108,202,843 | 22,831,162 |
| 1916 | … | 102,873,644 | 27,907,326 | 129,016 | 32,294 | 103,002,660 | 27,939,620 |
| 1917 | … | 105,486,676 | 32,633,988 | 125,234 | 37,194 | 105,611,910 | 32,671,182 |
| 1918 | … | 108,304,218 | 41,415,729 | 161,803 | 60,803 | 108,466,021 | 41,476,532 |
| 1919 | … | 145,344,604 | 59,555,003 | 41,794 | 15,315 | 145,386,398 | 59,570,318 |
| 1920 | … | 139,112,672 | 56,689,585 | 41,350 | 13,760 | 139,154,022 | 56,703,345 |
| 1921 | … | 139,789,066 | 56,836,539 | 34,008 | 11,303 | 139,823,074 | 56,847,842 |
*1922 | … | 133,594,084 | 54,136,686 | 21,711 | 7,053 | 133,615,795 | 54,143,739 |
* Includes Tobacco Duty paid in the Irish Free State from 1st April, 1922. | |||||||