CUSTOMS DUTIES (FOODSTUFFS AND PLAYING CARDS).

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34. Mr. HERBERT WILLIAMS

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of dozen packs of playing cards assessed to customs duty during the month of April, 1935?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Duff Cooper)

The number of packs of playing cards assessed to Customs Duty during the month of April, 1935, was 27 dozen.

38. Mr. G. MACDONALD

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the approximate amount of Customs duties collected on foodstuffs in 1931 and in 1934?

Mr. COOPER

The approximate amounts of Customs duties collected on foodstuffs in the calendar years 1931 and 1934 were £14,460,000 and £32,590,000, respectively. The figure for 1934 includes feeding stuffs for animals, which cannot be separately distinguished.