§ MR. HERBERT SAMUELTo ask the Secretary of State for War what quantity of unconsumed tobacco belonging to the War Office has been, or is about to be, returned from South Africa to England and sold by tender; at what prices per pound was this tobacco purchased, and what prices have been realised by the lots already sold; whether traders wishing to tender have been allowed to make a full examination of the condition of this tobacco; and whether Army canteens in South Africa were allowed to buy quantities of tobacco
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