§ 27. Sir JOHN POWERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount of revenue derived during the first half of the present financial year from import duties on manufactured articles?
Mr. SAMUELAs the answer involves a table of figures, perhaps my hon. Friend will allow me to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ It is not quite clear what is the range of articles which my hon. Friend's question is intended to cover, but apart from articles of food, drink and tobacco, the revenue derived from import duties on manufactured articles of the classes names below during the period 1st April to 30th September 1927, is as follows:—
| £ | |
| Cinematograph Films | 115,000 |
| Clocks and Watchers | 241,000 |
| Motors Cars and Motor Cycles | 1,460,000 |
| Musical Instruments | 102,000 |
| Key Industry Goods | 308,000 |
| Lace and Embroidery | 106,000 |
| Cutlery | 56,000 |
| Gloves | 269,000 |
| Gas Mantles | 4,000 |
| Packing or Wrapping Paper | 254,000 |
| Translucent Pottery | 37,000 |
| Matches | 1,099,000 |
| Playing Cards | 1,000 |
| Silk and artificial silk manufactures | 2,300,000* |
| Total | 6,352,000 |
§ *Approximately.