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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That, in lieu of the Duty of Customs now chargeable upon Tea, there shall be charged and paid, on and after the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, the Duty following, and such Duty shall continue to be charged and paid upon Tea imported into Great Britain and Ireland until the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (that is to say):
Tea.…the pound. Four Pence."—(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)
§ MR. PICTONThis is a proposal to alter a duty which has been in existence for a very long time, and I think the Committee ought to have a full opportunity of discussing it.
§ MR. GOSCHENThat opportunity will be afforded on the Report. The date fixed for the remission is the 1st of May, which is not very far ahead, and it is important that the trade should know what it has to expect.
§ *MR. H. H. FOWLERI think, under the circumstances, this Motion ought not to be pressed.
§ Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
§ Resolutions to be reported to-morrow.
§ Committee to sit again to-morrow.