§ MR. PIKE PEASE (Darlington)To ask the President to the Board of Trade what iron and steel manufactures are imported free of duty under the new Canadian tariff if imported from the United Kingdom or a British Possession and are dutiable if imported from a foreign country.
§ (Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) In order to benefit by the preference accorded to British goods under the new Canadian tariff it is requisite that; the goods shall be the produce of, and not merely imported from, the United Kingdom or a British Possession. The following is a list of the iron and steel manufactures enumerated in the tariff which are free of duty on importation if the produce of the United Kingdom or a British Possession, but which are dutiable if the produce of a foreign country:—Rolled iron or steel and cast 493 steel, in bars, bands, hoop, scroll, strip, sheet, or plate, of any size, thickness, or width, galvanised, or coated with any material or not, and steel blanks for the manufacture of milling cutters, when of greater value than 3½ cents. per pound. Rolled iron or steel sheets and strips, polished or not, number 14 gauge and thinner, not otherwise provided for, Canada plates, Russian iron, terne plates and rolled sheets of iron or steel coated with zinc, spelter, or other metal, of all widths or thicknesses not otherwise provided for, and rolled iron or steel hoop, band, scroll, or strip, number14 gauge and thinner, galvanised, or coated with other metal or not, not otherwise provided for. Seamless steel tubing, valued at not less than 3½cents, per pound, rolled or drawn square tubing of iron or steel, adapted for use in the manufacture of agricultural implements; steel balls, adapted for use on bearings of machinery and vehicles. Wire, crucible cast steel, valued at not less than 6 cents. per pound.