Sugar, Tea, and Other Duties.

HC Deb 30 April 1913 vol 52 c1197W

Mr. GILL

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the amounts received for duty in 1912–13 on sugar, tea, coffee, cocoa, currants, raisins, and each other article of food, separately?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

The amounts of duty (provisional figures) are as follows:—

			£
Sugar	…	…	3,100,000
Tea	…	…	6,150,000
Coffee	…	…	170,000
Cocoa	…	…	330,000
Currants and Raisins	…	…	360,000
Other Dried Fruits	…	…	105,000
Chicory	…	…	48,000