§ MR. HICKS BEACHTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will state the average monthly prices per cwt. of 88 per cent. beet sugar; from September, 1903 to January, 1906.
1293 (Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The following statement gives the prices asked for, for each month of the years 1903,
| Month. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | ||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| January | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 8¼ | 8 | 2¾ |
| February | 8 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 4¼ | 8 | 1 |
| March | 8 | 4¼ | 8 | 3¼ | 14 | 8 | — | |
| April | 8 | 7½ | 8 | 6¼ | 13 | 6 | — | |
| May | 8 | 4¼ | 9 | 4½ | 12 | 1 | — | |
| June | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3¼ | 11 | 9 | — | |
| July | 7 | 11¼ | 9 | 7¾ | 10 | 6 | — | |
| August | 8 | 5¼ | 10 | 5¼ | 9 | 7¾ | — | |
| September | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10½ | 8 | 8¼ | — | |
| October | 8 | 4¾ | 11 | 0 | 8 | 6 | — | |
| November | 8 | 2¾ | 13 | 5¾ | 8 | 2½ | — | |
| December | 8 | 3¾ | 14 | 1 | 8 | 3¼ | — |