§ MR. HUNTI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of revenue raised during the last financial year from import duties on each of the following articles: sugar, tea, figs, plums and raisins, cocoa, coffee, currants, and chicory.
§ MR. ASQUITHThe net amount of the Customs revenue collected during the the financial year 1906–7 in respect of the articles enumerated in the Question was:—
| £. | |
| Sugar | 6,250,334 |
| Tea | 5,588,288 |
| Figs | 64,652 |
| Plums | 65,087 |
| Raisins | 215,859 |
| Cocoa, Cocoa Husks,Cocoa or Chocolate prepared, and Cocoa Butter | 246,990 |
| Coffee | 175,216 |
| Currants | 121,721 |
| Chicory | 48,550 |