§ MR. W. EWARTsaid, he begged to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Colonies whether any measures had been adopted to do away with the increase stated to have been made in the import duties on British manufactures by the Legislative Council of Newfoundland; also the increase stated to have been made in the import duties on British manufactures 45 by the Legislative Council of Cape Coast Castle?
§ MR. LABOUCHEREsaid, that the Legislature of Newfoundland had qualified in some respects the increased duties levied on goods imported from this country, and the Act of the Legislative Council with respect to those duties had been confirmed. With regard to the second question of the hon. Gentleman, the Governor in Council at Cape Coast Castle had put on an ad valorem duty of 3 per cent on all goods "imported on the Gold Coast." However, it had been represented that our possessions were so mixed up with other possessions in that country that this increase of duty would have the effect of driving trade from the British to the Dutch coast; consequently that Act would not be confirmed until further reported on.