§ 58. Mr. POTTSasked the Secretary for Mines the tonnage of export trade in coal for each respective year since the coming into operation of the Coal Mines Act, 1930, specifying the quantity for export purposes and foreign bunkers?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKAs the reply involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The information is as follows:
| Quantity of coal shipped abroad as Cargo and Foreign Bunkers, from the United Kingdom during the years 1931 to 1936. | ||
| Year. | Cargo Shipments. | Foreign Bunkers. |
| Tons. | Tons. | |
| 1931 | 42,749,740 | 14,609,545 |
| 1932 | 38,898,801 | 14,209,237 |
| 1933 | 39,067,926 | 13,457,081 |
| 1934 | 39,659,880 | 13,487,222 |
| 1935 | 38,714,104 | 12,526,170 |
| 1936 (January to June). | 16,274,921 | 5,727,966 |