§ Viscount ELMLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade what amount of duty is charged on English pig-iron, iron sheets and plates, and steel rails, respectively, entering Australia; and how this compares with the duty on similar foreign articles entering Australia?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe following statement shows the rates of duty levied in Australia on imports of pig-iron, iron and steel plates and sheets and steel rails of United Kingdom and of foreign origin under the Preferential and General Tariffs respectively:
months, and the purposes for which this timber is mainly used?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe table appended gives such information as is available regarding the character as well as the 263W quantity and value of the wood and timber imported from the Soviet Union (Russia) during the six months ended
Description. Unit of Quantity. Quantities. Declared Value. Hewn—Hard: £ Oak … Cubic feet 97,317 32,558 Soft (Fir, Pine, Spruce, etc.) … Loads 134,274 253,087 Sawn—Hard: Oak … Cubic feet 102,383 33,692 Other sorts … Cubic feet 3,648 589 Soft: Deals, Planks and Battens … Loads 739,580 3,490,997 Boards (not planed or dressed) … Loads 485,487 2,265,162 Other sorts … Loads 88,663 276,031 Planed or Dressed: Floorings … Loads 865 3,283 Matchings … Loads 116 517 Other sorts … Loads 265 1,211 Other descriptions: Pitprops or Pitwood … Loads 327,402 778,236 Staves of all dimensions … Loads 6,663 61,367 Sleepers of all kinds … Loads 68,038 294,260 Veneers and Panel Wood … Loads 1 60 NOTE.—The above figures are provisional.