§ MR. LEVERTON HARRIS (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the average contribution per head of the 1132 population of Ireland towards the duty levied upon tea during the year ending 31st March, 1907, exceeded the average contribution of 2s. 6.72d. per head paid during this period by the population of the United Kingdom; and, if so, by how-much.
(Answered by Mr. Asquith.) It is estimated that the average contribution per head of the population of Ireland towards the duty paid on tea during the year ended 31st March, 1907, was 2s. 6. 20d., being .52d. less than that paid per head of the population of the United Kingdom.