§ MR. OSBORNEwished to ask whethe the returns required to be made by corn merchants, under the Act 4 Victoria, cap. 14, for the purpose of adjusting the duties on foreign corn, were any longer necessary, now that the duty had expired, or was reduced to one shilling? He wished to know what reason now existed for compelling merchants to make returns with respect to the price of corn when the tax was removed, and there could be no necessity for ascertaining the price?
§ The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,in reply to the question of the hon. Gentleman, begged to say that it was still necessary to make the returns, if for no 639 other purpose, with a view to arrange the averages with respect to tithe rent charges.