§ 64. Mrs. WINTRINGHAMasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the quantities of malt, unmalted grain, rice and maize, sugar, glucose, etc., and hops used in the brewing of beer during the year ending 30th September, 1921; and the quantities of malt, unmalted grain, rice and maize, sugar, and molasses, used in distilling during the same year?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hilton Young)As the information asked for is in tabular form, I would ask the hon. Member's permission to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the table:
§ Quantities of the undermentioned materials used in the brewing of beer and in distilling, respectively, during the year ending 30th September, 1921.
| Brewing of Beer. | |
| Bushels. | |
| Malt | 39,269,480 |
| Unmalted Grain: Maize | 5,040 |
| Unmalted Grain: Other Grain | 62,961 |
| Cwts. | |
| Rice, Rice Grits, and Flaked Rice | 36,829 |
| Maize Grits, Flaked Maize, and other similar preparations | 943,126 |
| Sugar, including its equivalent of Syrups, Glucose, and Saccharin | 1,873,525 |
| Lbs. | |
| Hops | 50,876,885 |
| Distilling. | |||
| Qtrs. | |||
| Malt | … | … | 1,133,381 |
| Unmalted Grain | … | … | 979,403 |
| … | … | Cwts. | |
| Rice | … | … | 7,482 |
| Maize, | … | … | 22,060 |
| Sugar | … | … | — |
| Molasses | … | … | 278,578 |