§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the President of the Board of Trade if, taking the annual value of British goods imported into Australia during the last 12 months for which complete figures are available, he can state the amount of duty then collected on such goods and the extra amount of duty which would have been collected had the new Australian tariff been in force?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe official compilations of the Commonwealth show that, during the year ended 30th June, 1929, 1481W there were imported into Australia goods of United Kingdom origin, affected by the preferential provisions of the tariff then in operation, to a total value of £52,019,999, the duties collected on these goods amounting to £8,618,712. In addition, goods not subject to preference, mainly of classes free of duty whatever their origin, were imported into Australia from this country to a value of about £3,000,000. Owing to the nature of the provisions of the new tariff, under which for example, the importation of certain goods is prohibited or restricted, no reliable estimate of the amount of the additional duties that would have been payable on imports from this country had the new Australian tariff been applied to the imports of 1928–9 has been found possible.