TOBACCO DUTIES IN IRELAND.

HC Deb 04 May 1893 vol 12 cc54-5

MR. DANE

I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the annual sum received by the Customs Authorities in Ireland upon manufactured and unmanufactured tobacco?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir W. HARCOURT,) Derby

The net amounts of Customs Duties in each of the last two financial years are as follows:—March 31, 1892—manufactured, £1,418; unmanufactured, £1,437,340; 1893 — manufactured, £1,528; unmanufactured, £1,469,341.

MR. SEXTON (Kerry, N.)

Is the right hon. Gentleman yet in possession of the actual figures of the receipts and expenditure in Ireland for the last financial year?

SIR W. HARCOURT

I am not; but rapid progress is being made with the preparation of the Return.