§ MR. JOHN BRIGG (York, W.R., Keighley)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if, in view of the 1266 Report of the Acting Governor that the quantity of gin imported into the Crown Colony of Sierra Leone is largely increasing, and that the quality is so bad that it is frequently used by painters as a drier in place of turpentine, he will take such means as lies in his power to limit the quantity and to improve the quality of the spirits imported for the use of the inhabitants of that Colony?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe duty on spirits has been raised since the date of the Report referred to by the hon. Member, a step which should result in improving the quality of the liquor imported; and I may refer the hon. Member to the answer given by me on the 27th February to the right hon. Member i for the Forest of Dean.