51. Sir F. HALLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the revenue received from the operation of the Safeguarding Duties in each of the four financial years ended 6th April, 1929?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEAs the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. and gallant Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The net receipts from the Safeguarding Duties, including Kew Industry Duty, for the years ended 31st March, 1926, 1927 and 1928 may be found in Table 4 (page 13) of the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Custom" and Excise (Command Paper No. 3172). For the year ended 31st March, 1929, the figures are:
| £ | |
| Key Industry Goods | 633,263 |
| Lace and embroidery | 230,402 |
| Cutlery | 100,886 |
| Gloves | 584,199 |
| Incandescent mantles | 2,612 |
| Paper, packing or wrapping | 551,907 |
| Pottery, translucent or vitrified | 57,447 |
| Buttons | 128,280 |
| Hollow-ware, enamelled | 46,342 |
| £2,335,338 |