§ Mr. ARBUTHNOTasked what was the value of the exports of cotton yarns to Japan in the years 1889, 1899, and 1909; and whether the almost complete extinction of this trade with that country is due to the development of the cotton industry in Japan?
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONThe declared value of the exports of cotton yarns from the United Kingdom to Japan was £1,042,000 in 1889, £580,000 in 1899, and £71,000 in 1909. No doubt this decline is largely due to the development of cotton spinning in Japan, the quantity of yarn spun in that country having increased from a weight of 28,000,000 lbs. in 1889 to 358,000,000 lbs. in 1908, the latest year for which the information is available.