§ Mr. SPEARasked the value of the raw jute annually imported into Dundee and other British ports from India; and how much of this imported raw jute is re-exported to other countries?
Mr. BUXTONThe average value of the raw jute imported into the United Kingdom during the three years 1908 to 1910, which was consigned from British India was £5,019,000 per annum, of which jute to the value of £3,064,000 was landed at the port of Dundee. The re-exports of jute from the United Kingdom in the same years have averaged £1,674,000 per annum.