§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what specific authority Customs and Excise deprived, in circumstances of which he has been informed, Mr. Charles G. Brown, of Aberdeen, of a camera, a gift to him, brought from the United States of America to Great Britain; and under what authority they claim the right to continue to detain, value, and ultimately sell, the camera, and to determine the manner in which, and persons to whom, they will distribute the proceeds of any such sale.
§ Mr. SimonThe authorities are in Sections 257, 275 and the Seventh Schedule of the Customs and Excise Act, 1952.