23. Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has afforded all possible assistance to British flax merchants to procure flax, especially in the Baltic provinces; and whether any obstacles are being placed in the way of the flax trade obtaining flax through the ordinary channels of the flax merchants?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI discussed the whole position yesterday with a deputation of the leading British flax spinners and flax merchants, and I am in communication on the subject with the British Commissioner in the Baltic States.