§ 82. Mr. KILEYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of Customs examiners employed at the Regent's Canal Wharf, and the salaries paid for the month of March, 1922, and also for the month of March, 1921, when the German Reparations and the Safeguarding of Industries Acts were not in operation?
Mr. YOUNGThe number of Customs officers employed in examining imports at the Regent's Canal Wharf for the month of March, 1922, was 12, and for the month of March, 1921, was 3. The salaries paid for March, 1922, amounted to £371 19s. 10d., and for March, 1921, to £153 17s. 5d I may add that between the two dates there was a substantial increase of imports at Regent's Canal Wharf, due mainly to the diversion of ships from other parts of the Port, and that the 12 officers referred to were employed on Customs work as a whole and not merely on duties arising in connection with German Reparations and the Safeguarding of Industries Act.