§ 36. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture the monthly average price of imported and home-grown tomatoes for the years 1931 and 1932 up to the end of September in each year?
§ Major ELLIOTThe answer is in the form of a tabular statement which I will, with permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The following statement shows the monthly average wholesale prices (per 12 lbs.) of home-grown and imported
| 1931. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description. | Quality. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | ||||||||||
| Tomatoes— | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| British | … | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |||
| British | … | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Canary Islands | … | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | |||
| Canary Islands | … | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
| Channel Islands | … | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Channel Islands | … | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Dutch | … | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Dutch | … | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 |