§ 56. Mr. Shortasked the Minister of Agriculture the average price per hundredweight and/or pound of New Zealand, Danish, English farm, and English creamery butter during 1935 and 1936, respectively?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonAs the answer includes a table of figures, I will, with the Hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The following statement gives the average prices of certain descriptions of butter of first quality in England and Wales during the years 1935 and 1936:
| Description. | 1935. | 1936. | ||
| Per cwt. | Per cwt. | |||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| New Zealand (salted) (a) | 96 | 0 | 105 | 6 |
| Danish (b) | 117 | 0 | 124 | 0 |
| Per lb. | Per lb. | |||
| English farm (c) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2¾ |
| English creamery (d) | 1 | 0¾ | 1 | 1¾ |
| (a) At Bristol, Liverpool and London wholesale markets. | ||||
| (b) At Liverpool and London wholesale markets. | ||||
| (c) At certain representative country markets. | ||||
| (d) Prices announced by the English Butter Makers and Butter Packers Association (carriage paid home in 6 lb. lots or over). |