§ SIR J. JARDINE (Roxburghshire)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as tobacco used to be grown for profit in the county of Roxburgh, he has made any regulations to encourage the experimental growing thereof; whether he will consider the expediency of making an allowance in experimental cases in respect of the duty for the time being; and whether he is in a position to state what Excise duties will be imposed on tobacco in Scotland, manufactured or unmanufactured; and what will be the cost of a licence to manufacture tobacco in Scotland.
§ MR. HOBHOUSEI may refer my hon. friend, to the replies given by my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 27th ultimo to my hon. friend the Member for Sutherland, and on the 28th ultimo to my hon. friend himself, in which he indicated the present position in regard to the cultivation of tobacco in Scotland.
In answer to a further Question by Sir John Jardine,
§ MR. HOBHOUSEsaid no application had yet been received from Scotland for permission to grow tobacco.