§ MR. LEGH (Lancashire, S.W., Newton)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any communications have passed with the French Government respecting the additional Poll Tax about to be levied upon all persons entering and leaving the French Channel Ports?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)No communication has passed with the French Government on this subject. We have, however, been informed, both by Her Majesty's Embassy at Paris and the Consul at Boulogne, of the fact of an increase having been made.