§ 16. Mr. WARDLAW-MILNEasked the President of the Board of Trade the tonnage and value of our total exports of coal from this country in 1925 as compared with the two previous years; and what quantity of coal is now being used for 1702 bunkering purposes at British ports as compared with the average of recent years?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)I will circulate the information in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The figures are as follow:
| Exports of British Coal.* | ||
| Year. | Tons. | £ |
| 1925 | 50,817,118 | 50,477,211 |
| 1924 | 61,651,273 | 72,079,547 |
| 1923 | 79,459,469 | 99,847,237 |
| * Shipments to the Irish Free State are included from 1st April, 1923. |
§ The quantity of coal shipped as bunkers for foreign and coastwise trade in 1925 was 17,790,192 tons as compared with an average of 19,554,706 tons for the years 1922 to 1924.