§ 12. Major HAYWARDasked the Secretary of State for India whether differential 412 export duties are being imposed on any produce in India in such a way as to give a preference to the United Kingdom, and, if so, on what produce; and whether any remonstrances have been addressed to the Government by the Governments of any of the Allied countries against such duties?
§ Mr. MONTAGUDifferential export duties of this kind are levied on raw hides and skins exported from India, and on no other Indian produce. The reply to the last part of the question is in the affirmative.
§ Major HAYWARDWas the differentiation the result of negotiation between the Indian Government and the Home Government?
§ Mr. MONTAGUAs the law at present necessitates, it was with the sanction of the Secretary of State in Council it was imposed.