EGYPT (MILITARY EXPEDITION)— SUPPLIES FOR OFFICERS—IMPOSITION OF CUSTOMS DUTY BY EGYPT.

HC Deb 10 March 1885 vol 295 c622

CAPTAIN AYLMER

asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is true that supplies for our Officers in the Soudan, are charged a Custom Duty by the Egyptian Government when landed at Suakin or other Egyptian or Soudanese Port?

THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON

There is no information on the subject in the War Office; but inquiries have been made.