§ 40. Mr. POTTERasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of persons adjudicated bankrupt under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Acts for each of the last five years; and the number of debtors who were granted their discharge from bankruptcy in respect of each year in the same period?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANAs the reply contains a number of figures, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ question of an increase in the duties on them is a matter for the Import Duties Advisory Committee in the first instance.