§ Mr. BONWICKasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the number of tons of Persian dates imported into this country during 1922?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS:The imports of dates into the United Kingdom registered in the year 1922 as consigned from Persia amounted to 1,069 tons. During the same year -17,637 tons of dates were registered as consigned from Mesopotamia, and it is not known to what extent, if any, Persian dates may have been included in that quantity.