§ 22. Major General Sir FREDERICK SYKESasked the. Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the tonnage of rubber exported from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies during the last four years?
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUEL (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)I have been asked to reply to this question, and, as the answer contains a number of figures, the hon. and gallant Member will perhaps not object to their being circulated in the OFFICAL REPORT
§ Following is the reply:
§ According to information compiled by the British Rubber Growers' Association, the net exports of rubber from British Malaya and from the Netherlands East Indies have been as follows:
| Year | From British Malaya | From Netherlands East Indies |
| Tons | Tons | |
| (dry weight) | (dry weight) | |
| 1921 | 151,000 | 71,000 |
| 1922 | 215,000 | 95,000 |
| 1923: | 195,000 | 123,000 |
| 1924 | 180,000 | 152,000 |
§ NOTE.—The dry weight of native rubber exported from the Netherlands East Indies has been taken at 70 per cent. of the gross weight
§ 23. Sir F. SYKESasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the export of rubber from the British territories during each of the four years 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924; and the percentage this bore to the total rubber production of the world in those years?
§ Mr. SAMUELI have been asked to reply. Perhaps the hon. and gallant Member will allow me to circulate the answer in the OFFICIAL REPORT
§ Following is the reply:
§ The aggregate quantities of crude rubber exported from the following British rubber-producing countries, namely, British Malaya, Ceylon, British India, Sarawak arid British North Borneo, in each of the years 1921 to 1924 are shown below, together with the approximate proportions of these quantities to the estimated total production of rubber in the world:
| Year | Exports from the Five Specified Countries | Proportion of Estimated World Production |
| Tons | Per cent | |
| 1921 | 200,000 | 69 |
| 1922 | 273,000 | 74 |
| 1923 | 246,000 | 62 |
| 1924 | 234,000 | 59 |
§ Sir F. SYKESOwing to the unsatisfactory nature of the reply, I beg to give notice that I shall call attention to the matter on the Adjournment