§ 57. Mr. NEWMANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can, as on 1st November, give the average selling price of the three contract grades (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Northern) Manitoba wheat at the Port of London, and also the Manitoba feed at the same port and on the same date; whether the average price for wheat imported from Manitoba is obtained by averaging the prices ruling for contract grades and for feed; and whether, in the event of his answer being in the affirmative, he will state of what value an average price so obtained may be for purposes of comparison with prices ruling abroad which are for wheat of fair to good milling quality only?
Mr. BUXTONThe Board of Trade have not made any calculation of the average price for wheat imported from Manitoba, nor am I aware of the grounds of the assertion that the official price quotations of wheat in foreign countries are for wheat of "fair to good milling quality" only. I will have the prices asked for printed with the Votes.