§ MR. HICKS BEACH (Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury)To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total quantity of coal produced in the United Kingdom in the year 1905, and what percentage the amount exported bore to the total produced.
954 (Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The total quantity of coal produced in the United Kingdom in 1905 was 236,128,936 tons. The total quantity exported, including the estimated coal equivalent of the exports of coke and patent fuel was 49,764,500 tons, or, if coal used for bunkering steamers engaged in the Foreign trade be included,67,160,646 tons. The proportion of exports to production accordingly amounted to [...] per cent., or 28.4 per cent., according as bunker coal is excluded or included.