§ 60 and 61. Mr. CARTLANDasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he can give an estimate of the total stocks of tin at present held in this country?
(2) what has been the average monthly consumption of tin in the United Kingdom during this year and how this compares with the average yearly consumption during the period of the Great War?
§ Dr. BURGINAccording to the Statistical Bulletin of the International Tin Research and Development Council the average monthly consumption of tin in the United Kingdom in the first nine months of this year was about 1,800 tons; comparable figures for the War years are not available. It is reported that 1,263 tons of tin were held in official warehouses in London and Liverpool last 1018 week. I have no official information as to stocks held by consumers and producers in the United Kingdom.