§ 30. Sir JOHN POWERasked the Minister of Agriculture the milk equivalent of the cheese, butter, dried milk, and condensed milk imported during 1928; and how this compares with the total British production of milk?
Mr. GUINNESSThe answer to the first part of the question is approximately 2,220 million gallons. This compares with a total production of milk in the United Kingdom during the year ended 31st May, 1928, of approximately 1,408 million gallons. I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement giving details of the various imports referred to with their milk equivalents.
§ Following is the statement:
| Quantity Imported. | Approximate equivalent as milk. | |
| 000 cwts. | Millions of galls. | |
| Butter | 6,121 | 1,800 |
| Cheese | 3,006 | 337 |
| Milk, condensed, not sweetened. | 426 | 12 |
| Milk, condensed, sweetened. | 297 | 8 |
| Milk, separated, sweetened. | 1,952 | 63 |
| Total | — | 2,220 |
§ Figures for 1928 in respect of milk powder, and preserved milk are not available, but these in 1927 only amounted to 164,000 cwt. or to an equivalent of 12 million gallons of milk.