§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the amount of cocoa imported into this country from St. Thomé or from the Portuguese territory of Angola, from the West Indies, and from elsewhere.
§ (Answered by Mr. Asquith.)
| Statement showing the Quantity of Cocoa imported into the United Kingdom from the following Countries and Possessions in the year 1906.together with the Quantities consigned there from in the same period. | ||
| Countries whence | Imported. | Consigned. |
| Lbs. | Lbs. | |
| Portugal | 12,964,369 | 5,862,164 |
| Portuguese West Africa | — | 6,658,042 |
| British West India Islands | 13,560,501 | 15,158,713 |
| Other Countries, viz.:— | ||
| Germany | 3,702,774 | 1,639,647 |
| Netherlands | 1,137,748 | 323,045 |
| France | 4,695,128 | 1,430,512 |
| Ecuador | 2,812,457 | 5,901,142 |
| Brazil | 4,179,002 | 4,650,414 |
| British West Africa | 2,112,352 | 2,135,827 |
| Ceylon and dependencies | 4,455,901 | 4,468,104 |
| Other Countries and possessions | 2,050,089 | 3,442,711 |
| Total | 51,670,321 | 51,670,321 |