§ MR. EATONasked the President of the Board of Trade, Why in the case of Ribbons, Broad Silks, and Watches, the usual practice has been departed from by omitting the quantities imported in the case of these articles, and giving the values only in the Returns of the Board of Trade for January and February?
§ MR. A. PEELsaid, in reply, that it had been found that the practice followed by the trade of including foreign substances in the gross weights which they returned, had destroyed the value of the Return of quantities, and therefore the Return had been discontinued.