HC Deb 23 November 1908 vol 196 cc1748-9
MR. BOULTON (Huntingdonshire, Ramsey)

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of Canadian wheat was sent in bond through the United States to Great Britain during the years 1903–7; what number of Canadian live cattle were sent through the United States to Great Britain under bonding privileges in the same years; what quantity of dead meat was so sent; and

Statement showing for each of the years from 1903 to 1907, inclusive, the Quantity of certain Canadian Food Products passing through the United States in transit for the United Kingdom—
Calendar year. Wheat. Wheat Flour Live Cattle. Cheese. Butter.
Quarters. Cwts. Number. Lbs. Lbs.
1903 1,721,230 586,084 No Returns available in these years
1904 826,317 396,009
1905 1,190,192 419,956
1906 2,478,519 468,015 39,594 4,044,195 32,100
1907 2,334,256 483,201 28,838 20,046,643 Nil
Note.—The above particulars have been taken from the official United States Returns. No particulars are given in these Returns as to the quantity of Canadian dead meat, if any, passing through the United States in transit for the United Kingdom.