§ MR. COOPEasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, What steps have been taken to induce the French Government to suppress the bounties at present existing on the export of refined sugar, by putting in force the system of refining in bond, at an earlier date than that fixed, viz. at July 1875?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in reply, said, the Government had made a Report to the French Government, and Lord Lyons had been instructed to impress upon them the necessity of putting an end to the bounties at present existing on the export of refined sugar by putting in force the system of refining in bond. He believed that the French Government had directed inquiries to be made, and the matter was still under their consideration.