§ MR. BLACKI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether certain of the colonies receive a trade preference from Canada while others do not; and, if so, can he state for what reason Canada differentiates between these colonies.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe Canadian Customs Tariff Act of 1898 extends preferential treatment to certain colonies specifically and also generally to any "British colony or possession the Customs tariff of which is, on the whole, as favourable to Canada as the British preferential tariff herein referred to is to such colony or possession." The reason for the differentiation is stated in the clause I have quoted