§ MR. D. A. THOMASI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, under the operation of the new coal duty, British coal supplied to a British vessel for ship's use by a British subject in the British possession of Malta will be liable to the duty, and similar coal supplied for a similar purpose, to a foreign vessel, by a foreign subject, at Cardiff or Newport, will be free of duty.
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHThe answer is, Yes. We do not differentiate between British and foreign vessels, and Cardiff would gain by foreign vessels coaling there.