§ MR. BATTY LANGLEY (Sheffield, Attercliffe)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the shilling per quarter paid by millers under the Corn Tax, he will arrange that rebate shall be allowed upon all wheat the millers may have in stock, English and Foreign, on 30th June.
(Answered by Mr. Ritchie.) Rebate will be allowed on stocks of imported duty-paid wheat within the limits of the recent concession. Where stocks of imported duty-paid wheat are mixed with home-grown wheat, rebate will be allowed on the amount of the former present in the mixture. Duty has not been levied on home-grown wheat, and consequently no duty falls to be repaid in respect thereof.
§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Longford, N.)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his proposed rebate in respect of corn purchased by Irish millers for forward delivery up to 30th June will, as in the case of British merchants and millers, be allowed to the Irish merchant as well.
(Answered by Mr. Ritchie.) Corn purchased by millers for forward delivery up to 30th proximo, upon which the proper Customs duty has been paid, will be eligible for rebate within the terms of the recent concession. No distinction is made between British and Irish merchants or millers in this or any other matter connected with the proposed grant or rebate.