asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to take to meet the demand from American tourists visiting this country for Havana cigars.

It would be impracticable to limit the sale of any Havana cigars which we might import to American tourists, and I regret that we cannot at present afford the dollars to import them for general consumption. American tourists can bring to this country, duty free, the equivalent of 1 lb. of tobacco in cigars, for their own consumption.