In 1876 ‘The Lords’ Committee on Intemperance’ was appointed, on the motion of Dr. Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, ‘for the purpose of inquiring into the prevalence of habits of intemperance, and into the manner in which these habits have been affected by recent legislation and other causes.’[239] In 1877-78, the committee, not having as yet acted, was reappointed. One hundred witnesses were examined, including members of Parliament, magistrates, clergymen, constables, municipal authorities, doctors, merchants, &c. In their bulky report, issued in 1879, they recommend:-- 1. That legislative facilities should be afforded for the local adoption of the Gothenburg and Chamberlain schemes, or of some modification of them. 2. That renewals of beer-house licences before 1879 should be placed on the same footing as those of public-houses. 3. That in cases of decisions affecting the renewal of licences in boroughs having separate quarter sessions, the appeal shall be to the Recorder, where there is one, and not to the county justices. 4. That justices should be authorised to refuse transfers on the same grounds of misconduct as those on which renewals of licences are now refused. 5. That no removal of a licence from house to house should be sanctioned without allowing the inhabitants of the interested locality the opportunity of expressing their objections. 6. A considerable increase in licence duties. 7. Licensed houses outside the metropolis, not to open before 7 A.M. and be closed earlier than at present. 8. That licensed houses in Scotland and Ireland be closed one hour earlier than at present on week-days. 9. That on Sundays, licensed houses in the metropolis should be open from _one_ to _three_ P.M. for consumption off the premises, and for consumption on, from _seven_ to _eleven_ P.M. In other places from 12.30 to 2.30 P.M. for consumption off, and for consumption on the premises from 7 to 10 P.M. in populous places, and from 7 to 9 in others. 10. Even if a person, professing to be a _bonâ fide_ traveller, has on the previous night lodged outside the 3-mile limit, as defined by the Act, it still rests with the magistrates to determine whether he be a _bonâ fide_ traveller or not. 11. That justices should have discretionary power of licensing music-halls and dancing saloons in the country as at present in the metropolis, whether connected with public-houses or not, and that all such places should be subject to supervision by the police. 12. That certain serious offences should entail the compulsory endorsement of the licence, and that the treating of constables should be added to the list of offences included in the category.