§ 4. Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade what were the exports of American and Canadian apples, respectively, in 1926 to this country?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe exports of apples to the United Kingdom from Canada in 1926 were 1,111,000 barrels, and from the United States of America, 3,529,000 barrels, according to the official returns of those countries.
§ 5. Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state, for a surplus of 5 per cent. or other percentage in the production of apples in the United States, what is the equivalent surplus created for export, in view of the fact that the uncertainty thus created militates against the build ing up of the Empire fruit trade?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe answer includes a table of figures, and if my hon. and gallant Friend agrees, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the table:
§ The Department of Agriculture of the United States publishes the following figures of the apples grown in and exported from that country. The crop figures relate to apples sold for consumption as fresh fruit:
1135§ In view of the considerable variation in the quantity disposed of in the United States in different years, in comparison with the quantities exported, I am unable to formulate such a relation of production to export as my hon. and gallant Friend appears to have in mind.