THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON (Lancashire, Rossendale)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, If the Government have come to any determination which he can communicate to the House with respect to the exemption from the payment of Dock and Harbour Dues, now claimed by the Government of India, on shipments of material intended for the construction, maintenance, or use of railways in India?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)The Secretary of State in Council for India has come to the determination that, in future, exemption from dock and harbour dues be not claimed on the following classes of goods shipped from Great Britain, or for ships carrying them, on account of the Government of India:—1, coal; 2, all rolling stock for railways; 3, permanent way for railways; 4, all goods manufactured in this country for use on railways, or being of such a nature that they cannot be used except for railway purposes.
§ MR. SINCLAIR (Falkirk, &c.)asked, whether the word "dues" was intended to include rates, and whether "coal" included coke?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHI have read from the text of the Resolution passed in the Indian Council; and I have no doubt whatever that "coal" would include "coke," and that "dues" would include "rates."