§ SIR THOMAS WRIGHTSON (St. Pancras, E.)To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state what is the total weight and value of tin plate bars which have been delivered this year into this country for conversion into steel or iron sheets; from which country are they shipped; and to which ports have they been delivered.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) The quantity of tin plate bars imported under that description during the current year to the 16th instant was 8,155 tons, valued at £36,591. Of this quantity 8,033 tons, valued at £36,067, were shipped to this country from ports in Holland, and 122 tons, valued at £524, from ports in Belgium. The ports at which these quantities were imported, and the extent of the importations at each, were—Llanelly, 4,508 tons; Newport, 2,356 tons; Swansea, 1,291 tons. There is, however, no separate heading in the Import List for tin plate bars, and a considerable quantity of these goods is believed to be included under such headings as "Steel Bars," and "Steel unwrought or partly wrought."