§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the average price of raw sugar in each month since November last, calculated on the same basis and the figures of prices for September and November, 1902, given in his speech of 24th November.†
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The average price of 88 per cent. beet sugar f. o. b. Hamburg in recent months has been as follows: November, 1902, about 7s. 6d.; December, 1902, 8s.; January, 1903, 8s.; February, 8s.; March, 8s. 6d.