HC Deb 25 May 1908 vol 189 c769
* MR. REES

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information regarding the proposed abrogation by the Russian Government of the increased duties on Ceylon and Indian teas.

MR. J. A. PEASE

My right hon. friend understands that it was officially announced in St. Petersburg on Friday last that the Council of Ministers had approved the repeal of the surtax from 1st September new style.