§ 34. Mr. DAGGARasked the Secretary for Mines the total quantity of coal exported from Great Britain and South Wales, respectively, during the 12 months before and since the trade agreements were made with Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, the Argentine, and Finland, together with the price per ton during the same period?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Ernest Brown)The Trade Agreements do not all operate from the same date, and statistics in respect of a period of 12 months since the coal provisions of the agreements came into force are in most cases not yet available. The table which I will circulate gives the information asked for in respect of the 12 months ended 'May, 1934, during the greater part of which period the agreements were in operation, together with corresponding information for the previous 12 months.
§ Following is the table:
| 12 montsh ended | exports of Coal to all Destinations from: | |||
| United Kingdom. | Bristol Channel Ports. | |||
| (a) Quantities (1,000 tons). | ||||
| May, 1933 | 38,375 | 16,457 | ||
| May, 1934 | 39,090 | 15,823 | ||
| (b) Average Declared Value per ton, f.o.b. | ||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| May, 1933 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 10 |
| May, 1934 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 7 |