§ MR. ECROYDasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If it is true that the revised tariff of the United States, which is to take effect on the 1st July, imposes greatly enhanced Duties upon some important classes of textile fabrics now exported 363 from this Country; and, whether the alterations in the Duties on raw materials, as compared with those on manufactured goods, are in some instances such as to give increased protection to the American manufacturer?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICESir, the Revised Tariff was only passed by Congress on the 3rd of the present month. As soon as a copy has been received from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, it will be forwarded in the usual course to the President of the Board of Trade, who will, no doubt, take immediate steps for its publication, and to whom any questions as to the effect of the Tariff should be addressed.