HC Deb 08 March 1932 vol 262 cc1611-2
6. Lieut.-Colonel Sir MERVYN MANNINGHAM-BULLER

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of incoming cargo-carrying ships which have berthed in the country in the week ending 29th February and the two previous weeks?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

According to the navigation returns furnished to the Board of Trade the numbers of vessels that arrived, in the foreign trade, at ports of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with cargo for discharge at the port of arrival, during the weeks ended 15th, 22nd and 29th February, 1932, were 934, 1,116 and 1,455, respectively.