§ SIR WILLIAM HOLLAND (Yorkshire, W.R., Rotherham)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will ascertain whether the cost of the steps which are being taken by the German Colonial Committee, in order to establish and extend the cultivation of cotton in German Colonies, and which are described in detail in the Board of Trade Journal of 25th February, 1904, is being borne by the State or by private individuals.
(Answered by Earl Percy.) The experiments are paid for by the Colonial Scientific Committee, which obtains all its funds partly from subscriptions and
| 1901. | 1902. | 1903.† | |
| Barrels. | Barrels. | Barrels. | |
| Imports (for Home consumption) from— | |||
| United Kingdom | 664,315 | 753,101 | 599,247 |
| Holland | 371,173 | 451,443 | 533,004 |
| Norway | 153,270 | 195,108 | 110,387 |
| Sweden | 10,878 | 10,635 | 7,214 |
| Denmark | 973 | 3,111 | 201,891 |
| Other Countries | 165,165 | 159,119 | |
| 1,365,774 | 1,572,517 | 1,452,403 | |
| † The figures for 1903 are provisional. |
§ partly from the proceeds of lotteries. The J German Government grants no direct; financial aid.