§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will inform the House what preferential reduction of Customs Duties is allowed upon British, goods compared to foreign goods imported into the Dominion of Canada. Cape Colony and Natal, the Transvaal, the Orange State and Rhodesia, and New Zealand; and if he has any official information to the effect that a like preferential advantage to British goods will be adopted by the Commonwealth of Australia.
§ MR. LYTTELTONThe amount of the preferential reduction varies on different classes of articles under the 713 three tariffs of Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand to such an extent that it could not be set forth in an oral reply to a Question, but full information will be found in the latest Return of Colonial Import Duties (Cd. 2185). No official information has been received as to the intention of the Commonwealth of Australia to adopt a tariff giving a similar preferential advantage to British goods.