§ Mr. KEATINGasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he has official information showing that 150,207 lbs. of tea is in transit to St. John, New Brunswick; will he state the nature of the bill of lading upon which this tea is exported abroad; also the authority whose permission was given for this exportation; and will similar permission be granted to other traders notwithstanding the embargo placed upon the export of tea from this country; and (2) if he has official information showing that 160,160 lbs. of tea is in transit to St. John, New Brunswick; if he will state the country of origin of the tea in question, the name of the steamer conveying it to this country, and the names of the consignor and consignee; and if he will state whether this same facility for getting tea to Canada will be granted to other traders in tea as have been given to the consignor of the tea in question?
Mr. ROBERTSI have not yet been able to procure full information as to the particular consignments referred to in these two questions. No licence is at present required for the re-export of tea which on importation into the United Kingdom isbonâ fide intended for transhipment. The whole question of the conditions under which free transhipment of prohibited goods can be allowed to continue is now, however, under review.