HC Deb 14 June 1938 vol 337 c47

Henry Philip Hunloke, esquire, for the County of Derby (Western Division).

Description and country whence consigned. Quantity. Declared Value.
1913. 1926. 1937 (b). 1913. 1926. 1937(b).
Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. £ £ £
Rabbits—
Fresh—
Australia
Belgium 31,073 33,347 15,042 87,086 172,000 64,595
Netherlands 11,631 4,134 1,478 35,607 16,730 7,671
Other foreign countries 910 2,007 4,415 2,723 7,328 15,700
Frozen—
Australia 419,076 180,237 104,060 570,950 438,063 154,920
All foreign countries 5 704 781 10 2,087 2,526
Tinned, canned, etc.—
Australia (a) 110 6 (a) 330 9
All foreign countries
(a) Not separately recorded prior to 1920.
(b) Provisional figures.

The supply of home-produced rabbits in Great Britain is estimated at about 800,000 cwts. annually. Based on current market prices the value of this output would be about £1½ million; the corresponding values in 1913 and 1926 cannot be given.