MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, since the issue in 1890 of the Return of the rates of import duties levied in European countries and the United States upon the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom (Paper No. 376 of 1890), the tariffs of several countries—e.g., Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Austria-Hungary, have been subjected to considerable alterations; and whether, under these circumstances, he would be prepared to issue a fresh Return, in a similar or a more extended form, bringing the contents up to date?
§ MR. MUNDELLAIt is true that there have been alterations recently in the tariffs of all these countries, and it is intended to issue a fresh tariff Return in 1072 continuation of No. 376 of 1890 as soon as practicable; but it must be remembered that the changes in Foreign and Colonial Tariffs are now published in considerable detail in the monthly numbers of the Board of Trade Journal, and copies of the full tariffs as translated by the International Tariffs Bureau Union are also supplied to all the Chambers of Commerce.