§ MR. BRIGGTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent is the steamship subsidy of £40,000 per annum, which is given to the West Indies by England, applied for cheapening the cost of shipments of fruit to American ports.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) No subsidy is granted by this country to 448 any steamer service between the West-Indian Colonies and the United States ports.