§ MR. REA (Gloucester)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give statistics of the imports of articles wholly or mainly manufactured, imported into, and retained for consumption in the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1902.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) Figures of the importation of manufactured and partly manufactured goods into United Kingdom from 1885 to 1902 could be given, but it is unlikely that the home consumption of such goods can he specified.