Mr. GRAHAM:

The answer to the first part of the question is that this and all other relevant considerations were duly weighed. There are no available statistics relating precisely to the branches of trade affected directly or indirectly by the duties, but it has been estimated that the number of workpeople engaged in these branches would not exceed 200,000, and may be considerably less. As to dependants, such information as is available suggests that there are on the aver- age three dependants to each two persons employed.