MR. DUNDAS WHITE (Dumbartonshire)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the average prices of imported wheat, per quarter, in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905, in Germany, inclusive and exclusive of the German duty on such 349 imported wheat; and the amounts of that German duty on imported wheat, per quarter, for the years referred to.
| Years. | Average prices of imported wheat in Germany. Per quarter. | Amount of Customs duty levied on imported wheat in Germany.Per quarter. | ||||
| Inclusive of import duty. | Exclusive of import duty. | |||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| 1901 | 36 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| 1902 | 36 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 1903 | 36 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 1904 | 37 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 1905 | 38 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
§ Note.—The average import prices are given in the German official statistics, exclusive of import duty. The figures in column 1 have, therefore, been obtained by adding the amount of the import duty to the prices stated in the German Returns.