§ MR. FENWICK (Northumberland, Wansbeck)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the net amount received from the coal tax at each shipping port in the United Kingdom in each year ending 81st March, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) The net amounts received from the coal tax at each shipping portin the United Kingdom in each year ending 31st March, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905, were as follows—
| Port. | 1901–2. | 1902–3. | 1903–4. | 1904–5. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| North Western Ports:— | ||||
| Barrow | 20 | — | 16 | 5 |
| Carlisle | 20 | — | 5 | — |
| Chester | 30 | 21 | 10 | 13 |
| Fleetwood | 134 | 55 | 39 | 4 |
| Liverpool | 17,278 | 23,715 | 16,056 | 11,985 |
| Manchester | 3,171 | 5,210 | 4,070 | 4,765 |
| Maryport | 3 | 49 | 57 | 93 |
| Preston | 121 | 31 | 36 | 79 |
| Runcorn | 820 | 143 | 179 | 118 |
| Whitehaven | 7 | 4 | — | — |
| Workington | 4 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Total | 21,608 | 29,235 | 20,468 | 17,066 |
| North Eastern Ports:— | ||||
| Amble (included with Blyth prior to 1903–4) | — | — | 14,267 | 16,320 |
| Blyth | 67,000 | 110,971 | 96,251 | 98,265 |
| Hartlepool | 12,476 | 25,716 | 26,705 | 28,694 |
| Middlesbrough | 2,276 | 2,637 | 2,269 | 3,204 |
| Newcastle, North and South Shields | 190,229 | 371,499 | 402,981 | 408,164 |
| Scarborough | 2 | — | — | — |
| Stockton | 12 | 60 | 51 | — |
| Sunderland | 44,448 | 93,848 | 103,315 | 115,200 |
| Total | 316,443 | 604,731 | 645,839 | 669,847 |