§ MR. MOND (Chester)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state what would be the approximate increase in the cost of collecting the Customs on the basis, of a preferential duty of 2s. per quarter on wheat, 5 per cent. on other foodstuffs, and 10 per cent. on manufactured goods.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fifeshire, E.No, Sir. I have no material for forming a reliable estimate, particularly as regards the last category, which, in the absence of a definition of what may be held to constitute a state of "manufacture," is somewhat indeterminate.