HC Deb 02 August 1906 vol 162 cc1354-5
MAJOR SEELY

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can see his way to remit that part of the charge of threepence in the pound, levied on the remittance home of British seamen's wages from Hamburg and other foreign ports, which is now retained by the British Consuls in those ports.

SIR EDWARD GREY

I understand that arrangements have been come to with the Treasury which will enable us to give up the part of the charge referred to, which amounts to twopence in the pound.