§ MR. HAROLD COXI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can state what is the total number of articles liable to import duties under the present Indian tariff; how many articles out of this total yield any appreciable revenue; and what is the total yield of the present British tariff.
§ MR. BUCHANANThe Indian tariff deals with groups of articles and I am unable to give the total number of articles liable to duty. About 89 per cent. of the Indian Customs revenue is realised from about twenty-six articles. The gross yield of the Indian Customs in 1906–7 was £4,351,000. The corresponding figures for the United Kingdom was £32,930,000.