§ MR. GOURLEY (Sunderland)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If, before committing the Imperial Government in pecuniary responsibility with the Dominion Government for the conveyance of mails viâ Halifax to the East, he will stipulate for a modification of the Protection Duties recently imposed upon iron and steel, and intended to diminish the export trade of those goods from this country?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN), (St. George's, Hanover Square)in reply, said, he thought that the Dominion Government would deny that the recent Protection Duties had been imposed upon iron and steel with the intention of diminishing the export trade of these goods from this country; but he did admit that the attitude of the Dominion Government towards the trade of this country in general was a fair clement to take into consideration in any negotiations with the Canadian Government with respect to matters in which the Canadian Government took a deep interest.