§ MR. FELL (Great Yarmouth)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the quantity and value of the tea imported into the United Kingdom in each of the years 1906 and 1907, distinguishing between that from India and Ceylon, and that from China, and that from Java, respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) A Statement of the Quantity and Value of the Tea imported into the United 681 Kingdom in each of the years 1906 and 1907, distinguishing between that
| Consigned from | 1906. | 1907. | ||
| Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | |
| lbs. | £ | lbs. | £ | |
| India | 183,417,038 | 5,709,842 | 171,592,930 | 5,752,918 |
| Ceylon and Dependencies | 106,368,346 | 3,208,096 | 107,409,770 | 3,608,616 |
| Total from India and Ceylon | 289,785,384 | 8,917,938 | 279,002,700 | 9,361,534 |
| China | 13,538,653 | 505,401 | 19,113,963 | 773,709 |
| Java | 12,726,518 | 328,349 | 11,936,373 | 377,336 |
| Other Countries | 5,139,509 | 152,397 | 7,074,022 | 232,140 |
| Total imported | 321,190,064 | 9,904,085 | 314,127,058 | 10,744,719 |