§ MR. BROMLEY-DAVENPORT (Cheshire, Macclesfield)I beg to, ask the President of the Board of Trade whether in the Monthly Returns and other publications of the Board of Trade, thrown silk is, when imported, classified as raw material, and, when exported, as a manufactured article; and whether there is any reason for such classification?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThrown silk is not classed as a manufactured article in the exports given in the monthly accounts, nor so far as I know in any other publication of the Board of Trade. In the Import Account, page 37, of the December Accounts it is shown under "Raw Materials for Tex tile industries," and in the Export Account at page 73 under "Yarns and Textile Fabrics," and in the Summary under "Articles Manufactured and partly Manufactured."