§ SIR THOMAS DEWAR) (Tower Hamlets, St. George'sTo ask the President of the Board of Trade whether 6 he is aware that British imports into Natal for the year 1903 show an increase of only 3.7 per cent., as compared with 1902, whereas the import of German goods shows an increase of 44.8, and American 42.7 percent.; and can he state how these figures compare with the year 1892.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The Board of Trade have not yet received official particulars of the trade of Natal with different countries in 1903. The official Returns of the United Kingdom show a decline of about 1 per cent. in exports of British produce from the United Kingdom to Natal in 1903 as compared with 1902.