§ 1. Mr. HURDasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an estimate for the last available year of the value of the rebate granted upon Canadian goods reaching this country under preferential duties; and what were the chief commodities thus brought under Preference?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Ronald McNeill)The approximate amount of rebate granted upon goods consigned from Canada and delivered for home consumption at the preferential rate of duty, in the year ended 31st December last, was as follows:
| Spirits | 1,500 |
| Sugar | 1,200 |
| Tobacco | 140,000 |
| Motor cars | 65,300 |
| Other articles | 1,400 |
| Total | £209,400. |