Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce. – in the House of Commons at on 30 July 1923.
Mr Fredric Wise
, Ilford
asked the President of the Board of Trade which of the Dominions, Crown Colonies, or Protectorates send bales of cotton to Great Britain; and the number of bales of cotton sent in each case?
Lieut-Colonel Albert Buckley
, Waterloo
As the answer contains a number of figures, my hon. Friend will perhaps allow me to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
The following statement shows the quantities of raw cotton imported into the United Kingdom, during the year 1922, consigned from various British countries (including Protectorates) overseas. I am unable to state the quantities in bales as, in order to secure uniformity in the records, quantities of raw cotton are required to be stated on importation in centals of 100 lbs.
