Sir Philip Lloyd-Gireame'S proposals were that dried figs, raisins, and
plums from the Dominions should be admitted free and that the present duty on foreign dried fruits of 10s. 6d. a cwt. should remain; that dried currants from the Dominions should be admitted free and that the duty on foreign currants should be increased ; that a duty of 10s. 6d. a cwt. should be imposed on all other foreign dried fruits such as apples, pears and peaches which at present come in free. Preserved fruits from the Dominions would be admitted free and a dirty of 5s. a cwt. on the corresponding foreign fruits would be imposed. The existing preference on sugar would be stabilized at 4s. 34d. a cwt. for ten years, so long as the existing foreign duty did not fall below that duty. As for tobacco, it was proposed either to stabilize the existing preference by one-sixth for a term of years or to increase the pref.:mace to one-fourth—that is roughly 2s. a lb.
Previous page
