§ MR. HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the amount of the duty upon British cutlery and hardware imported into the United States; and, in the event of there being any truth in the Report that it is to be still further increased, if diplomatic efforts will be used to modify such intention in the direction of those so successfully employed by Germany when, upon a recent occasion, Spain thought of putting a prohibiting duty upon German goods?
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.It would be impossible to state, within the limits of an answer in this House, what the duties on cutlery and hardware in the United States are. But particulars will be found in the Return of Foreign Import Duties laid before the House in 1885 (H. C., 178 of 1885). As regards contemplated additional duties, we are not in possession of detailed or official information. The introduction of the new Tariff Bill has been deferred for the present, and, under these circumstances, the Government do not propose to take any steps at the present moment.