§ Mr. HOODasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the approximate weight of cigars imported during each of the last seven years from Cuba and all other countries respectively; and what is the approximate amount of duty paid during the same periods in respect of each of such importations?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe weights of cigars consigned from Cuba and all other countries during each of the seven years, 1913–1919, are as follows:
Year ended 31st December. Consigned from Cuba. Consigned from all other Countries. lbs. lbs. 1913 1,126,000 533,000 1914 846,000 486,000 1915 828,000 405,000 1916 687,000 208,000 1917 425,000 149,000 1918 1,057,000 135,000 1919 1,367,000 304,000 No information is available of the amount of duty paid on cigars imported from any particular country, but the duty received from imported cigars retained for home consumption during each of the last seven years was:
Year ended 31st December. £ 1913 457,500 1914 349,900 1915 375,900 1916 374,600 1917 206,300 1918 492,900 1919 799,900