§ MR. PARTINGTON (Derbyshire, High Peak)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can furnish a Return specifying the principal articles, where the total exceeds £5,000, imported into our self-governing colonies from foreign countries for the year 1902.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) A Return shall be prepared showing, for 312 the last available year, the imports from foreign countries into the self-governing colonies, India, and the principal Crown colonies, distinguishing (a) principal articles, and (b) imports of food, raw materials, and manufactured articles. This Return will cover that already promised to the hon. Member, and it will afford materials from which any hon. Member can arrive for himself at the total value of the imports of articles which, in his opinion, cannot be supplied from the United Kingdom.