§ MR. GOULDINGI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the United States Treasury returns indicate the amount of Canadian wheat exported from the United States as flour mixed or not mixed with United States flour; and, if so, will he state what the quantity was in recent years, and the amount of rebate paid on the same by the United States Treasury.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe quantity of imported wheat milled in the United States and exported with benefit of drawback was 85,905 Imperial quarters in the year ended 30th June, 1905, and 55,795 Imperial quarters in the following year, the latest for which the information was available. The net drawback paid was £36,543 in the former and £23,369 in the latter year. The figures do not distinguish wheat of Canadian origin, but no doubt most of the wheat referred to was Canadian.
§ MR. AUSTIN TAYLOR (Liverpool, East Toxteth)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that Canadian wheat imported 1662 into the United States for milling purposes enters duty free?
§ MR. CHURCHILLI should like notice of that Question.