§ 26. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies 1636 whether the large increase in the importation of spirits into the Gold Coast Colony is due to any change in the definition of trade spirit or to the fact that less gin escapes duty by smuggling across land frontiers?
§ Mr. AMERYIn my reply of the 22nd of March to the hon. Member for Central Newcastle (Mr. Trevelyan), I gave the reason for the very low import of gin in 1919 as compared with that for 1923. I do not think that the diminution of smuggling had an appreciable effect on the imports recorded.