§ SIR H. ROSCOE (Manchester, S.)asked the Under Secretary for the Colonies on what principle he included glucose in a Convention in regard to sugar bounties; and whether he was aware that glucose was not a sugar extracted either from beet or cane, but was a manufactured product derived from potato, starch, or other like bodies, by the action of sulphuric acid, and was now largely used by farmers, brewers, and other industries?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES (BARON H. DE WORMS,) Liverpool, East ToxtethIn answer to the hon. Member, I have to say that glucose is a product which now enters into competition with cane and beet sugar in certain industries. It was, accordingly, included in the Convention of August 30, 1888, on the suggestion of the technical advisers of the Powers represented at the recent conferences, on the ground that commodities which are used as substitutes for sugar should be included in the prohibition to obtain bounties.