§ MR. CHARLES McARTHUR (Liverpool, Exchange)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pounds of imported stripped tobacco are now, or were at the date of the last Return, in bond, subject to the duty of 3s. 3d. per lb.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe estimated weight of imported stripped tobacco subject to the duty of 3s. 3d. per lb., in Customs and Excise Bonded Warehouses on the 31st March last, was 15,860,000 lbs.
§ MR. CHARLES McARTHURI presume that does not include the stripped tobacco liable to a duty of 3s. 1d.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir, the Question contains nothing about that.