§ 42. Mr. TINKERasked the Secretary for Mines the number of tons of coal produced in Great Britain for the months of August, September, October, November, December, 1924, and January, 1925, respectively; the number of tons exported during that period; the average price per ton for the exported coal; and the figures for August, September, October, November, December, 1925, and January, 1926, respectively?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)As the reply involves a table of figures I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it with the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The information is as follows:
| Month. | Output of Saleable Coal. | Coal Exported | Month. | Output of Saleable Coal. | Coal Exported | |||||
| Quantity | Average Declared Value per ton f.o.b. | Quantity. | Average Declared Value per ton f.o.b. | |||||||
| 1924. | Tons. | Tons | s. | d. | 1925. | Tons. | Tons. | s. | d. | |
| August | … | 20,106,300 | 5,074,744 | 22 | 7 | August | 16,461,100 | 3,272,110 | 19 | 4 |
| September | … | 21,960,400 | 5,098,406 | 22 | 6 | September | 18,709,300 | 3,902,006 | 18 | 9 |
| October | … | 22,954,600 | 4,932,852 | 22 | 3 | October | 20,894,900 | 4,337,768 | 18 | 4 |
| November | … | 21,098,000 | 4,758,800 | 21 | 9 | November | 20,363,200 | 4,337,768 | 18 | 5 |
| December | … | 22,000,400 | 5,167,525 | 21 | 7 | December | 22,526,000 | 4,632,051 | 18 | 6 |
| 1925 | 1926 | |||||||||
| January | … | 22,534,200 | 4,366,051 | 21 | 7 | January | 21,591,800 | 4,148,042 | 18 | 5 |