SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire,. Ilkeston)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the additional duty of 1s. per pound on foreign cigarettes imposed last year has yielded to the revenue, and how far the yield corresponds with the estimated production of the tax.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) The amount of revenue yielded by the additional duty of 1s. per pound on foreign cigarettes from the date of its imposition, 20th April, 1904, to the 31st March, 1905, was £14,651. The estimated yield of this additional duty was £20,000.