§ Dr. Bowringwished to put a question to the right hon. the President of the Board of Trade, respecting the import duties into the Isle of Man. He wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government during the present session to bring forward any measure to abolish the import duty of two-and-a-half per cent. which was now so injuriously levied on the import of English manufactures into the Isle of Man, and also whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to remove or modify the present licensing system respecting imports into that place, which was attended with so much injustice.
Mr. Gladstonesaid, that at present he could only go so far as to say, that he hoped that he should be able during the present session, to introduce a Bill to abolish the import duty of two-and-a-half per cent. now levied on goods introduced into the Isle of Man; he also hoped that he should be able to adopt some plan for the modification to a limited extent of the licensing system, so as to exempt many articles from its operation.