§ 9. Colonel APPLINasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that during recent months the Egyptian authorities have levied what is described as a quarantine tax on non-Egyptians landing at or embarking from Egyptian ports; whether the tax has been imposed with the concurrence and assent of the other interested Powers; and whether remonstrances have been addressed to the Egyptian Government by the High Commissioner on behalf of His Majesty's Government?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir. The tax in question, which was first imposed in 1922, is levied, not by the Egyptian Government, but by an international 1357 body, the Egyptian Maritime, Sanitary and Quarantine Board, in virtue of the Venice Sanitary Convention of 1892. In the circumstances, no representations to the Egyptian Government have been made, or are called for.