§ 70. Mr. MACLEANasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to a prospectus issued by the Dunstable Cement Company, which estimates, on the authority of the consulting engineers, an output of 120,000 tons of cement a year, at a price which will realise 15s. per ton, or a total of £82,500 per year; and whether he can state the effect on the cost of building of this rate of profit?
§ Sir K. WOODIt is presumed that the information desired is in respect of the effect of the cost of cement upon the construction of workmen's houses. The quantity of cement required varies considerably, but it may be assumed that for the construction of a non-parlour house an average quantity of from 3 to 4 tons is required. A sum of 15s. per ton is, therefore, equivalent to from £2 5s. to £3 per non-parlour house.