§ 18. Mr. KERRasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of 849 offerings of Dutch tea in public auction from 1st January to 19th March, 1932, as expressed in chests, and how the total compares with the chests of similar tea offered for the same period last year?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANAccording to the reports of the Tea Brokers' Association of London, 150,801 packages of Java and Sumatra tea were offered in auction in the period 1st January to 16th March, 1932, as compared with 146,087 packages in the corresponding period of 1931. Particulars up to the 19th March are not yet available.