§ MR. REMNANTI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that according to the Board of Trade Returns the consignments of glass and glassware from Austria-Hungary to the United Kingdom amounted to £116,433 in 1904, and £175,913 in 1905, whereas according to the official Austrian Returns exports to the United Kingdom amounted to £354,000 in 1904, and £294,000 in 1905; and whether he can explain the discrepancy in these two sets of figures.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThe figures are correctly quoted by the hon. Member from the official Returns. From an examination which has been made of the Austro-Hungarian and German trade statistics, the explanation of the discrepancy would appear to be mainly that a good deal of Austro-Hungarian glass is really consigned to the United Kingdom from Germany. The countries from which goods are consigned are not in all cases the countries of actual origin.