§ MR. CHARLES DOUGLAS (Lanarkshire, N.W.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer at what, rate it is pro 640 posed to pay rebate on stocks of flour on 1st July.
§ MR. RITCHIEThe rates of repayment of duty on flour will be as follows:—On flour which remains in the same condition as when imported, at the rate of duty paid, viz., 5d. per cwt.; on flour manufactured in the United Kingdom from foreign grain, the same rate as allowed when exported on drawback, viz., 3½d. per cwt.
§ MR. DELANY (Queen's Co., Ossory)Will all millers have the advantage of this?
§ MR. RITCHIEIt does not matter in whose hands the corn is so long as the duty comes to £25. We cannot go below that.
§ MR. DELANYWhy confine it to that?
§ MR. RITCHIEIn this particular case we are making a very considerable concession, and a very important one. It is quite impossible to go down to the lowest sums as the hon. Gentleman desires, because it would enormously increase the difficulty of the work.