§ SIR JOSEPH LAWRENCE (Monmouth Boroughs)To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much of the increased exports for the first six months 689 of 1903, compared with the figures of last year and for the periods 1873–1882, 1883–1892, and 1893–1902 is due to coal and coke; and how much have been the increases of the same class of exports to British possessions.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The increase of the value of the exports of coal and coke during the past six months, compared with the corresponding period of last year, was £388,870. The rest of the Question cannot be answered without longer notice.