HC Deb 30 July 1923 vol 167 cc1022-3
40. Mr. WISE

asked the President of the Board of Trade which of the Dominions, Crown Colonies, or Protectorates send bales of cotton to Great Britain; and the number of bales of cotton sent in each case?

Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEY (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)

As the answer contains a number of figures, my hon. Friend will perhaps allow me to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the answer:

The following statement shows the quantities of raw cotton imported into the United Kingdom, during the year 1922, consigned from various British countries (including Protectorates) overseas. I am unable to state the quantities in bales as, in order to secure uniformity in the records, quantities of raw cotton are required to be stated on importation in centals of 100 lbs.

Imports consigned from:

Centals of 100 lbs.
British India and Ceylon 441,737
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 80,525
Nigeria 62,067
Kenya and Uganda Protectorate 93,587
Nyasaland Protectorate 11,901
British West Indies 16,509
South Africa 14,903
Australia 12,309
Other British Countries 9,144