MR. LAWRENCE (Liverpool, Abercrombie)I beg to ask the Secretary of 1366 State for the Colonies when he proposes to lay on the Table the return regarding local excise duties on colonial rum.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe Paper was laid in dummy in October last, the answers from the colonies being then nearly all received; since that date a few further papers have been received, and the whole are now in print, but owing to the pressure of more urgent work in the printing branch, the revision has not as yet been completed. It is hoped, however, that the return will be delivered within a month from the present time.