§ MR. COOPER (Southwark, Bermondsey)To ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the Board of Agriculture, what are the numbers of cattle received at the foreign cattle markets for immediate slaughter from the United States and from Canada for the week ending 20th June; and what were the numbers from the same countries for the corresponding week last year.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) The information for which my hon. friend asks is as follows—
Countries. Week ended 20th June, 1908. Week ended 22nd June, 1907. Number. Number. Canada 2,623 3,865 United States 3,688 8,820