IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.
A RETURN of the Number of' Persons Licensed to sell Beer, Wine, and Spirits by Retail, to be consumed on the Premises, who also hold Licences to sell Tea, Coffee, Cocoa-Nuts, Chocolate, and Pepper, on one and the same Premises, in Ireland, with the Rate of Excise Licences payable thereon, for the Year ending the loth day of October 1840.
Ireland
Number of Persons Licensed to sell Beer and Wine by Retail, to be consumed on the Premises,
and also Tea and Coffee, on the same Premises, the Rates of whose Licences are, £.
s.
d.
Beer 3 6 i| Wine, 4 8 2|
£.
s.
d.
Beer -1 2 _t Wine, 4 8 21-
31
£.
s.
d.
Beer -3 C if
Note.—Persons
licensed to sell beer, wine, and spirits to be consumed on the premises, are prohibited from holding licences to sell tea and coffee, &c.
on the same premises, by Act 6 & 7 Will.
4, c.
38, s.
3; the above Account there¬ fore includes the persons who retail beer and wine, or beer only, together with tea, coffee, &c.
A RETURN of the Number of Cases in England and Scotland, from October 1838 till October 1840, in which the Licences originally granted to Licensed Victuallers have been transferred to Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Wife, Child, or Assigns; said Return stating the Statutes or Authority under which such Heirs', &c.
Claims to such Transfers are made and allowed.
Number of Cases in which the Licences granted to Licensed Victuallers
have been Transferred.
Statutes or Authority
under which such Transfers are made
and allowed.
England ------
Scotland ------
8,980 1,702
| C Geo.
4, c.
81, s.
21.
Total ---10,682
A RETURN of the Number of Cases in Ireland, from October 1838 till October 1840, in which the Licences originally granted to Licensed Victuallers have been transferred to Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Wife, Child, or Assigns; said Return stating the Statutes or Authority under which such Heirs', &c.
Claims to such Transfers are made and allowed; and said Return stating, if there be any, and what, Provision made by Law for affording or securing to Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Wife, Child, or Assigns in Ircland, transfer of the Licences to retail Beer, Spirits, or Wine to be consumed on the Premises, originally granted to the Parent, Husband, or Assignor of the House.
Ireland
Number of Cases in which the Licences granted to Licensed Victuallers have
been Transferred.
Statutes or Authority under which such Transfers are made and allowed.
6 Geo.
4, c.
Si, s.
21.
Provision by Law for securing to Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Wife, Child, or Assigns, transfer of the Licences to retail Beer, Spirits, or Wine, to he consumed on the Premises, originally granted to the Parent, Husband, or Assignor of the House.
The provision made bylaw for autho¬ rising or securing the transfer of licences is contained in the Excise Act, 6 Geo.
4, c.
81, s-21, which requires the produc¬ tion of the certificate of a justice of the peace or magistrate, or other competent person, approving of the person to whom given or granted.
This certificate is ob¬ tained as an original certificate under 3 & 4 Will.
4, c.
68, at the general ses¬ sions, there not being any provision for a transfer at a special sessions, as in England.
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