§ MR. JESSE COLLINGS (Birmingham, Bordesley)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the rates charged for hall-marking of silver goods in the Assay Offices of the towns of London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Chester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin differ in such towns respectively; and whether he will cause a Return to be made to the House of the charges made for the assay and marking of gold and silver wares by the Hall-Marking Authorities of the above-named place with respect to plate manufactured in the United Kingdom and to that imported from abroad?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe rates charged at the various Assay Offices are regulated by various Statutes, and are not uniform. If the right hon. Member desires to move for a Return, I shall offer no objection.