§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to state the decision of the Commonwealth of Australia in respect of the application that the Irish trade mark should be accepted as proof of origin of Irish goods, to which preference is given under the new tariff.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. CHURCHILL,) DundeeThe Australian Minister for Trade and Customs has, I understand, informed the Irish Industrial Development Association, in whose name the Irish trade mark is registered, that he considers that whilst the presence of the Irish trade mark would be valuable as additional evidence of origin, it would be found very desirable, in the interests of the movement for the protection and marking of goods of Irish manufacture, that his Department should also require the usual certificate of origin signed by the manufacturer or exporter.