§ MR. E. ROBERTSON (Dundee)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he will endeavour to obtain, through the Government of the United States, or the separate State Governments, Reports showing the various methods of regulating the liquor traffic adopted in the different States of the Union, and their effect, particularly with reference to the amount of revenue derived from what is termed the "high licence" system, and to the comparative efficacy of that system and the system of total prohibition?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)Inquiries will be made of Her Majesty's Minister at Washington whether the Returns desired by the hon. Member can be readily procured. I cannot undertake to promise them, until it is ascertained whether they would entail much expense and special labour.