The Tariff cotton duties on }was adopted by the Assembly to-day Jwith an amendment, moved by an Indian member and accepted by the JGovernment, modifying the British Jpreference in certain classes of goods [which compete with Indian lines.
The aryendment, in effect, remov: s, ithe British preference inthe caxe lof plain grey cloth, namely unbleached cloth or cloth dyed in the piece, and maintains it in the ease lof otter classes.
In other words the preference disappears wherever the 34 annas duty applies, but remains where the ed valorem duty applies.
The Bill was passed without a division after Pandit Malaviya and ithe Nationalist Party had walked
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