62. Mr. FOOT MITCHELLasked the Minister of Agriculture the sugar-beet yield for the past season, 1926–26, and the aggregate amount of pure sugar manufactured from such beet?
§ The MINISTER of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Guinness)According to the latest information furnished by the factory companies, the quantity of sugar beet delivered to the factories in the 1925–26 season was 434,226 tons: and the amount of refined sugar manufactured from this beet was 51,140 tons.