HC Deb 10 March 1910 vol 14 c1608
Mr. ARBUTHNOT

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he would give figures showing the total cotton crop in Egypt for the last five years?

The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey)

The figures showing the cotton crop in Egypt for the last five years are as follows:

Cwts.
1905 5,616,000
1906 5,296,000
1907 6,144,000
1908 6,397,000
1909 5,968,000

Sir GILBERT PARKER

May I ask whether those figures include the Soudan?

Sir E. GREY

I must inquire as to that.