§ 28. Mr. HARRISasked the President of the Board of Trade the number and declared values of British-made pianos ex ported from this country for the periods January to June in 1925 and 1929, respectively?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe exports of complete pianos of United Kingdom manufacture from this country, registered during the first six months of 1925, numbered 3,254, of a total declared value of £158,203, and, during the first six months of 1929, numbered 1,552, of a total declared value of £78,679.
§ Mr. HARRISAre we to understand that there has been a drop in the export of pianos in spite of the imposition of the tariff?
§ Mr. GRAHAMThere has certainly been during that period a heavy drop in exportations.
§ Colonel HOWARD-BURYHas there not been a great increase in the import of foreign pianos?