MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the price of corn of similar quality per quarter on some recent date in this month in Italy and England respectively, and the rate of import duty per quarter levied in Italy on corn at that same date.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour) According to the official bulletin of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture the price of wheat in Italy about 28th June fluctuated between 24.25 and 26.50 lire per quintal. The mean of these quotations would give a price of 25.37 lire per quintal, equal to about 44s. 2d. per quarter of 480 lbs. The Gazette average price of British wheat in England and Wales for the week ended 27th June was 27s. 6d. per quarter. The Italian import duty on wheat is at the rate of 75 lire per 1,000 kilogs., equal to about 13s. 1d. per quarter.