§ 52. Mr. SMEDLEY CROOKEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can state the value of the property confiscated by the State through Customs officials for last year, and the procedure for disposal of it, whether by auction or by tender?
Mr. SAMUELApart from dutiable goods seized in the post, and prohibited goods for which information as to value is not available, the duty-paid value of goods seized by Customs officials in the year 1927 was approximately £8,900. Goods seized for contravention of the Customs Acts are, as a general rule, if saleable, sold either by public auction or private competitive tender.