§ Sir G. COLLINSasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has yet received from the British Ambassador to the United States the report as to the working and results of the prohibition law in relation to the drink traffic in America?
Mr. HARMSWORTHA report was received from His Majesty's Ambassador on the withdrawals of whiskey from bond during the first year for which prohibition was in force. Such withdrawals amounted to 5,484,125 gallons, as against 83,590,951 gallons of whiskey and 54,534,941 gallons of neutral spirits during the year ended 30th June, 1917, the last normal year before the introduction of war-time restrictions.