§ SIR JOHN ROLLESTON (Leicester)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether, as he has intimated that the possible requirements of India will not permit of the abolition of the import duties imposed by the Government in 1894, he will abolish or reduce those on imports from the United Kingdom, and increase those on imports from foreign countries to make up the deficiency.
(Answer.) The Indian Customs Tariff is based on the principle of uniform rates, without regard to the country of origin; and I am not prepared to order the Government of India to substitute for it a system of differential rates.—(India Office.)