§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEY (Somersetshire, S.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state what amount he estimates will be received from the 1½d. duty upon offals which are feeding stuffs; and what does he estimate will be the cost of the collection of this duty.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.The quantity of offals imported 966 during the year ended 31st March last has been estimated at 3,050,000 cwts. Practically the whole of this may be taken to have been feeding stuffs, which, at the rate of 1½d. per cwt. would have produced a revenue of £19,062. I do not expect that the cost of collecting the whole Corn Duty will exceed 1 per cent. but I do not think there would be any practical saving by omitting offals.