§ 53. Mr. BETTERTONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can give the quantities of potable spirits imported into the United Kingdom from the 1st January to the 30th September of the present year, giving the different countries of origin, respectively, and the quantities landed at the various ports of the United Kingdom?
§ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Chamberlain)With my hon. Friend's permission, I will have published in the OFFICIAL REPORT statements showing the quantities of potable spirits imported into the United Kingdom from each of the various countries of consignment, and the total amounts brought in at each port over the period in question.
§ The following are the statements referred to:—
1698§ STATEMENT showing the Registered Quantities of Foreign and Colonial Spirits (Potable) imported into each Port of the United Kingdom during the period 1st January to 30th September, 1920.
| Port of Importation. | Tested Proof Gallons. | Not Tested Liquid Gallons. |
| London | 2,137,440 | 12,708 |
| Liverpool | 1,500,188 | 880 |
| Barnstaple | 1 | — |
| Blyth | 31,755 | 1 |
| Boston | 1 | — |
| Bristol | 195,647 | 2 |
| Cardiff | 38,274 | 177 |
| Colchester | 1 | — |
| Cowes | 8 | 2 |
| Dartmouth | 4 | — |
| Dover | 153 | 94 |
| Falmouth | 27 | 24 |
| Fleetwood | — | 1 |
| Folkestone | 6,887 | 412 |
| Fowey | — | 1 |
| Goole | 1,044 | 348 |
| Grimsby | 1,851 | 4 |
| Hartlepool | 6 | 5 |
| Harwich | 13,496 | 226 |
| Hull | 161,137 | 78 |
| Lancaster | — | 2 |
| Manchester | 118,913 | 3 |
| Maryport | — | 1 |
| Middlesbrough | 141 | 1 |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 5,524 | 47 |
| Newhaven | 5,165 | 259 |
| Newport(Mon.) | 22,904 | 26 |
| Plymouth | 199 | 3 |
| Portsmouth | 34 | — |
| Port Talbot | 2 | 3 |
| Ramgsate | 1 | — |
| Rochester | 3 | 12 |
| Shields, North | 16 | — |
| Shields, South | 158 | — |
| Southampton | 406,254 | 1,190 |
| Stockton | 501 | — |
| Sunderland | 177,785 | 1 |
| Swansea | 12,443 | 10 |
| Weymouth | 35 | 1 |
| Aberdeen | 56,852 | 2 |
| Alloa | 17 | — |
| Dundee | 27,204 | — |
| Glasgow | 734,996 | 138 |
| Grangemouth | 808 | 209 |
| Granton | 17 | — |
| Greenock | 3 | — |
| Inverness | 3 | — |
| Leith | 425,675 | 169 |
| Wick | 11 | — |
| Belfast | 11,527 | 1 |
| Cork | 137 | 20 |
| Dublin | 58,748 | 6 |
| Londonderry | 35 | — |
| Waterford | 74 | — |
| Total | 6,154,111 | 17,067 |
§ STATEMENT showing the Registered Quantities of Foreign and Colonial (P table) imported into the United Kingdom, showing the countries whence consigned, during the period 1st January to 30th September, 1920.
| Country whence consigned. | Tested Proof Gallons. | Not Tested Liquid Gallons. |
| Russia | 2,470 | — |
| Sweden | 31,312 | 372 |
| Norway | 1,966 | 439 |
| Denmark | 2,258 | 11 |
| Danish West India Islands. | 67 | — |
| Germany | 938 | 9 |
| Netherlands | 128,998 | 514 |
| Belgium | 3,129 | 248 |
| France | 1,011,327 | 3,574 |
| Switzerland | 230 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3,160 | 63 |
| Spain | 233,537 | 21 |
| Italy | 732 | 459 |
| Austria-Hungary | 982 | 3 |
| Greece | 70 | — |
| Turkey, European | 58 | — |
| Turkey, Asiatic, | 4,890 | — |
| Morocco | 130 | — |
| Japan | 246 | — |
| United States of America | 944,653 | 1,513 |
| Cuba | 603,282 | — |
| Colombia | 1 | — |
| Venezuela | 112 | — |
| Peru | 3 | — |
| Uruguay | 4 | — |
| Argentine | 190 | — |
| Channel Islands | 77 | 2 |
| Gibraltar | 4 | — |
| Egypt | 6,607 | — |
| Cape | 370 | 8 |
| Natal | 636,657 | 7 |
| Mauritius | 12 | — |
| British India | 22 | 71 |
| South Australia | 37 | — |
| Victoria | 101,472 | — |
| New South Wales | 60,020 | — |
| New Zealand | 3,864 | — |
| Canada | 151,350 | 7 |
| British West Indian Islands. | 680,732 | 9,487 |
| British Guiana | 1,537,074 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 1,068 | 252 |
| Total | 6,154,111 | 17,067 |