§ MR. LOUGH (Islington, W.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the total receipts in the last financial year of the Customs and Excise duties, respectively, on roasted or ground chicory and raw or kiln-dried chicory; what was the quantity of each kind of chicory produced, in this country and imported from foreign countries in the same period; and what does he estimate, as the effect on the chicory revenue, for a full financial year of the proposals included in his Revenue Bill.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.The total receipts in the last financial year on roasted or ground chicory were £1,017; and on the raw or kiln-dried article £50,392. The quantities imported were 177,263 lbs. of the first and 89,776 cwts. of the second. The only receipts from home-grown chicory were £1,449 on 2,398 cwts. of chicory in the raw or kiln-dried state. I do not anticipate that the proposed change would have any considerable effect upon the revenue.