HC Deb 08 March 1905 vol 142 cc718-9
SIR HOWARD VINCENT

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade what was the average price of the quartern loaf of the quality usually consumed by the working classes in London and Manchester in March, 1902, March, 1903, March, 1904, and February, 1905; and what were the receipts from the registration fee upon imported wheat, meal, and flour in March, 1903.

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

There is some difficulty in stating figures which shall be strictly comparable over the whole period, but so far as can be ascertained the prices required were approximately as follows:—

London. Manchester.
March, 1902 4d. & 4½d. 4d.
March, 1903 4½d & 5d. 4d.
March, 1904 5d. & 5½d. 4½d.
February,1905 5d. 4½d.
The receipts from the duty on imported wheat, wheat meal, and flour in March, 1903, amounted to £127,062.

MR. KEARLEY (Devonport)

Can we have the comparative prices of sugar for the same period?

[No Answer was returned.]