§ 80. Major ENTWISTLEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that during the 11 months ending November, 1919, the Netherlands imported 3,410,212 tons of coal and coke; how much, if any, of this was imported from England; and the amounts exported, respectively, from each English port?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe answer involves a statistical statement, and with the permission of the House, I will have it printed in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The following is the statement referred to:—
§ Of the 3,410,212 metric tons which are recorded in the Trade Accounts of the Netherlands as the amount of the imports during January-November, 1919, of coal, coke, lignite, and briquettes, the quantity recorded as imported from the United Kingdom was 371,153 metric tons.
§ The exports of coal and coke from each port in the United Kingdom to the Netherlands registered by His Majesty's Customs during the period in question were as follows (the "tons" given in the statement below are "long tons" of 2,240 lbs., or 1.016 metric tons):—
| Port of Shipment, | Coal. | Coke. | Total. |
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | |
| London | — | 1,845 | 1,845 |
| Blyth | 2,851 | — | 2,851 |
| Cardiff | 2,670 | — | 2,670 |
| Goole | 6,667 | 3,516 | 10,183 |
| Grimsby | 507 | — | 507 |
| Hartlepool | 1,849 | 2,064 | 3,913 |
| Hull | 26,106 | 13,514 | 39,620 |
| Immingham | 6,198 | 677 | 6,875 |
| Newcastle | 126,934 | 12,489 | 139,423 |
| Newport (Mon.) | 4,249 | — | 4,249 |
| Seaham | 2,835 | — | 2,835 |
| North Shields | 4,427 | — | 4,427 |
| South Shields | 15,032 | — | 15,032 |
| Stockton | 1,802 | — | 1,802 |
| Sunderland | 6,002 | 2,038 | 8,040 |
| Swansea | 41,278 | — | 41,278 |
| Burntisland | 529 | — | 529 |
| Grangemouth | 11,851 | 376 | 12,227 |
| Granton | 1,430 | — | 1,430 |
| Leith | 22,290 | — | 22,290 |
| Methil | 60,673 | — | 60,673 |
| United Kingdom | 346,180 | 36,519 | 382,699 |