BRITISH BILLS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 7

BRITISH BILLS.

THE ORDER OF , THE GOVERNMENT'S , \ PROGRAMME-.; : . •T T«i,Eor,irn—rifESii AssociATioN—copTEiGirr. > ' London, January 26. 1 Tho paper " Observer" states that the Licensing Bill, devolving, to Mr. Asquith's charge, takee first place in the Government's programme, and-the Education Bjll is second. , LIQUOR TRADE CAPITAL. ~ According to • the' " Statist" for October '20, ISM, the total capital invested in 417 brewery companies registered under tho Limited Liabi" lity .Acts, and carrying on. business at that time in the' United Kingdom, was over ■fiIQi.OOO.OOO. Since that date (writes the "Ex-, press") the capital of limited liability, brewery companies' has been increased tq at least 4)85,000,000. This supi is known to be in' Tested, but there' ! are! besides, some hundreds of private breweries in tlio United Kingdom, each with an output of more than lflflO barrel? annually, as well a,s mere than. ISO distilleries and a. large number pf public-house's not owned by breweries',' The vulue of these is not less than .£30,000,000.' , . With these figures as a basis, the ( total capital of .C'jt0,0(!0,000 may roughly be divided as follows:— , ' . Capital value 'of breweries and distillerics and' their 'licensed pro- '*. pcrty in the United Kingdom ~, 000,000 Capital value of . all licensed houses not included ; in. above ... 15,000,0(10 Capital value of the wine and spirit trades and all other trades in connection with alcoholic liquors ... 10,000,000 1. • .. Total .„ ... -.6240,000,000