§ MR. EWARTinquired of the Under Secretary for the Colonies whether any measures were being adopted for assimilating the Customs' duties (or interior duties) in the different colonies of the Australian Continent?
MR. PEELwas not aware of any steps having been taken to assimilate those duties. Each colony had exclusive jurisdiction in the matter, and there was no power in this country to enforce the assimilation.