§ MR. DAVID THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he can state the quantities of coal shipped quarterly during 1902 not exceeding 6s. per ton, exceeding 6s. but not exceeding 6s. 3d. per ton, exceeding 6s. 3d. but not exceeding 6s. 6d.,
† See (4) Debates, cxvi., 1501398 exceeding 6s. 6d. but not exceeding 6s. 9d., exceeding 6s. 9d. but not exceeding 7s., and exceeding 7s. per ton.(Answered by Mr. Ritchie.) The quantities of coal not exceeding a value of 6s. the ton free on board shipped from the United Kingdom during each of the four quarters of 1902 were as follows:—1st Quarter, 509,652 tons; 2nd Quarter, 781,756 tons; 3rd Quarter, 951,639 tons; 4th Quarter, 1,033,386 tons; Total, 3,276,433 tons. No record is kept of the quantities at intermediate values between 6s. and 7s. the ton. The figures for shipments exceeding 6s. and not exceeding 7s. the ton in value, and those for shipments exceeding 7s. the ton, are being made up, but will not be completed for two or three days.