HC Deb 24 July 1894 vol 27 c811
SIR J. LUBBOCK (London University)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in regard to the correspondence between Mr. Rhodes and the Imperial Government as affecting Customs Duties, any proposition was made by the former to allow a general preferential treatment of British goods at the Cape; and, in that case, what answer, if any, has been sent?

MR. S. BUXTON

No proposal was made by Mr. Rhodes to the Imperial Government to allow a general preferential treatment of British goods at the Cape. The only proposal made referred simply to Matabeleland and Mashonaland, and information regarding it will be found in Blue Book No. 177.