HC Deb 17 May 1905 vol 146 c613
SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)

To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade if all alien passengers landing in the United States have to pay the two-dollar tax levied on immigrants for the expenses of the immigrant service, or if it is confined to such immigrants; and if an admission fee is levied on all passengers landing at Boulogne and Calais.

(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) All alien passengers, except citizens of the Dominion of Canada, Cuba, or Mexico, have to pay the two-dollar tax on entrance into the United States unless in transit to some other country. A fee of 1 fr. 75 c. is levied on all passengers landing at Boulogne and Calais, excepting persons holding through tickets to Belgium and Germany.