§ * SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the fact that the duty on rice was repealed, together with that on dates, nuts and many other articles, in 1860; and was not a portion of the grain duty amended in form in 1864 and repealed in 1869; and whether on any previous occasion so-called locust beans, being the fruit of the carob tree, have been included as grain in taxation.
§ * SIR M. HICKS BEACHThe duty on rice in grain was abolished in 1860. But rice dust and meal were included in the Budgets of 1860 and 1864 at the rate of 4½d. per cwt. This latter duty was abolished in 1869. Locust beans were, until a few years ago, included under the heading "Beans," and as such were taxable under the old registration duties of 1860 and 1864.