Captain BALFOURasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if his attention has been drawn to a warning by the Customs Department to an angler returning to this country from the Irish Free State with artificial flies as part of his tackle that the entry of such tackle without an import licence is a contravention of the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921, rendering the goods liable to confiscation; and if he intends to take any further steps in this matter?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEI am not aware of the particular case referred to, but, under the provisions of the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921, prohibited plumage in artificial flies imported into this country from the Irish Free State would, in the absence of an importation licence, be liable to seizure.