§ MR. H. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN (Kent, Faversham)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the United States Government intend to increase the duties upon English hops by 25 per cent.?
§ THE UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.According to a late edition of the Tariff Bill published in America, it appears that the duty on British hops is to be raised from 8c. to 15c. (4d. to 7½d.) per lb., or nearly doubled.