§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I bog to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state what arrangements have been made by the Treasury for the encouragement of tobacco growing in Ireland.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINIt has been decided to allow the experimental cultivation of tobacco in Ireland upon a considerable scale for a period of five years under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland and by persons approved by that Department. A re-bats of one-third of the existing duty will be granted on any tobacco produced as the result of the experiment. The Department of Agriculture is in communication with the Board of Inland Revenue regarding the regulations under which the tobacco is to be grown.