§ COLONEL DENNY (Kilmarnock Burghs)To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will say to what telegraphic cables and apparatus an import under Sub section (d), Section 3, page 4, Trade and Navigation Accounts, April 1903, amounting for the four months ending 30th April to £25,639, refers; also the ships (new), Sub-section (f), amounting to £14,810.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) I have no information as to the nature of the imports included in Section (d), Class III., page 4, of the Trade and Navigation Accounts for April last beyond the description given on the entries, viz.: "Telegraphic Cable or Apparatus." The total imports in question were made up as follows:—From Denmark, £22; from Germany, £2,570; from Holland, £3,570: from Belgium, £12,945; from France, £6,532; Total £25,639. As regards the imports of "Ships (new)" a reference to pages 80–81 shows that the description is "Ships and Boats." The imports consisted for the most part of barges, as well as electric launches, skiffs, and a steam tug.