§ 43 and 44. Mr. RENNIE SMITHasked the Minister of Agriculture (1) the amount and worth of retained imports of
§ IMPORTS of CANNED and BOTTLED VEGETABLES and FRUITS retained in Great Britain and Northern Ireland during 1927 were as follows:—
| Description. | Quantity. | Declared Value. | |
| Vegetables, preserved by canning or bottling, with no sweetening matter: | Cwts. | £ | |
| Tomatoes | … | 617,348 | 748,280 |
| Other descriptions | … | 147,581 | 288,230 |
| Total | … | 764,929 | 1,036,510 |
| Fruit, not liable to duty as such, preserved with out sugar: Canned or bottled | … | 316,586 | 466,180 |
| Fruit, preserved in sugar-tinned or bottled, in syrup: | |||
| Pineapples | … | 589,681 | l,190,824 |
| Other sorts | … | 1,470,391 | 3,746,527 |
| Total | … | 2,376,658 | 5,403,531 |