§ MR. MARKHAM (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, 62 under the new laws of the Transvaal, dynamite manufactured by the De Beers Company in Cape Colony can be sent free of duty into the Transvaal; and whether British dynamite manufacturers have to pay a duty of £14 per ton on dynamite sent to the Transvaal.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe position at the present moment, and subject to the ratification of the Customs Convention by the Cape Parliament, is, so far as my information goes, as stated; but I have already explained that the question of equalising the duties on De Beers and British dynamite is under consideration.†
§ MR. MARKHAMI take that to be an answer in the affirmative. Will the right hon. Gentleman say if it is not an infringement of the London Convention on which he has so much insisted in the past.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI do not admit that. If the hon. Member wishes further information he must put down a Question.