§ 34. Colonel Nathanasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of the visible adverse balance of payments to the latest convenient date, and the comparative figures for last year?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Captain Euan Wallace)The excess of imports over exports of merchandise during the first two months of this year amounted to £71,600,000, compared with £57,600,000 in the corresponding period of 1937.