§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield Central)To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he can state the value of the British exports to South Africa from the time of the introduction of Chinese labour to 28th February, 1906, and particularly what was the value of the mining machinery exported from Sheffield and other centres of British staple trade.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The value of exports of British produce to British South Africa from the middle of the year 1904 to the end of 1905 was £24,951,326. The exports of mining machinery during the same period amounted to £404,041. The figures for the two first months of the present year are not at present available.