§ MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSETo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what is the total value of the coal exported from the United Kingdom for the use of His Majesty's ships.
(Answered by Mr. Arnold Forster.) The approximate value of coal annually exported, exclusive of freight, etc., is about £500,000. This includes supplies obtained through contractors at ports abroad, but excludes coal taken in bunkers of His Majesty's ships from home ports.