§ Mr. CAUTLEYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total quantity of tea upon which duty was paid at the Custom Houses in Ireland during each of the last three calendar (or financial) years; and what was the total quantity of tea, additional to the foregoing, imported into Ireland upon which the duty had previously been paid in the United Kingdom (if this be known or capable of estimation) during each of the same three years?
967W
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe quantities of tea on which duty was paid in Ireland during the last three financial years are as follows:—
Financial Years. Lbs. 1909–10 14,531,230 1910–11 14,884,245 1911–12 15,602,147 The figures include tea removed from Ireland to Great Britain after payment of duty. The Board of Customs and Excise have no statistics as to the tea so removed, or as to tea similarly removed from Great Britain to Ireland. Figures are, however, published by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland in their annual "Report on the Trade in Imports and Exports at Irish Ports" (the latest is ed. 6397 of 1912), showing the total quantities of tea imported into Ireland, whether from Great Britain (under bond or duty paid) or from other countries.