§ MR. COURTHOPEI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the s.s. "Adriatic" has arrived or is expected in a British port with a cargo of hops; and, if so, where such hops were produced, how many hundredweights of hops the vessel contained, what is their declared value, and at what price they have been advertised for sale on the British market.
§ MR. KEARLEYThis vessel is, I understand, expected to dock at Southampton to-day. The Board of Trade can give no information as to her cargo.
§ MR. COURTHOPEWill the hon. Gentleman get the information?
§ MR. KEARLEYIt is not, the practice of the Board of Trade to seek out to give publicity to individual consignments, The total imports, country of origin, and values and quantities appear in the annual Returns.