§ 11. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the average price of wheat per quarter for shipment f.o.b. at New York during January, February, March, and April, respectively, of the present year, and what was the average charge for freight and insurance of wheat per quarter from New York to United Kingdom ports during each of these months?
The MINISTER of FOOD (Mr. Roberts)I have been asked to reply. The average cost price of wheat to the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies during the months in question, which is the fixed cost price at terminal elevator to the United States Food Administration with the addition of estimated transit and carrying charges, was as follows:
January, 83s. 7d. per 480 lbs.
February and March, 83s. 11d. per 480 lbs.
April, 84s. 3d. per 480 lbs.
The average charge for freight and insurance during each of the four months to all ports in the United Kingdom was 9s. 1d. per 480 lbs.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs that the price to other customers besides the British Government, or is it only the price at which the British Government purchases the wheat?