§ MR. BOURKEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any communications have been received from any Foreign Government other than that of France, upon the subject of the proposed alteration in the Wine Duties; and, if so, whether they can be produced?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEHer Majesty's Government are in communication with the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Austrian Governments on the subject of the Wine Duties; but it would be inconvenient to lay any of the Papers before the House at the present stage of the negotiations. Representations from most of the foreign Powers concerned in the matter will be found in 1626 a Memorandum drawn up in the Foreign Office, and appended to the Report of the Select Committee of this House on the Wine Duties in 1879.