§ MR. HIGHAM (Yorkshire, W.R., Sowerby)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the value of Government stores landed in South Africa during each of the years 1904, 1905, and 1906, and whether the South African Governments levied duties, and, if so, at what rates, upon these stores.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI will have such particulars as are available with regard to the imports of Colonial Government stores imported into South Africa printed in the Votes. No information is available in the Colonial Trade Statistics as to the value of Imperial Government stores imported. No duties are levied on Imperial or Colonial Government stores on importation into South Africa.
The particulars referred to are as follows:—
The following statement shows the approximate value of Colonial Government stores imported into British South Africa (so far as the particulars are available) in each of the years 1904, 1905, and 1906:—
| Extracted from Colonial Trade Returns. | |||
| Imports into South Africa via Ports in | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Cape of Good Hope | 1,829,000 | 467,000 | 610,000 |
| Natal | (b) 1,193,000 | 568,000 | 646,000 |
| Transvaal (via Delagoa Bay and Beira) | Particulars not available. | 499,000 | |
| (b) Exclusive of £22,492 imported into Natal as merchandise, but delivered free of duty for military purposes. |
§ NOTE.—The above figures represent the value of the imports of Colonial Government stores. Figures for Imperial Government stores are not available.