§ Mr. TURNERasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity of coal exported from this country in 1913 to the principal countries when substantial quantities are consigned, with the average 61W price f.o.b., with the corresponding figures for the year 1923?
Destination. 1913. 1923. Quantity. Average Value per ton (F.O.B.). Quantity. Average Value per ton (F.O.B.). Tons. s. d. Tons. s. d. Russia 5,998,434 14 6 476,205* 29 2 Sweden 4,563,076 13 3 3,168,367 24 11 Norway 2,298,345 12 7 1,609,758 23 4 Denmark 3,034,240 13 1 3,170,269 23 11 Germany 8,952,328 11 11 14,806,232* 25 5 Netherlands 2,018,401 12 6 6,794,346 23 5 Belgium 2,031,077 11 7 6,504,592 23 1 France 12,775,909 12 8 18,826,352 24 7 Portugal, Azores and Madeira 1,356,081 14 10 834,982 26 5 Spain and Canaries 3,648,760 14 7 1,756,647 27 1 Italy 9,647,161 14 3 7,592,735 26 8 Austria-Hungary 1,056,634 13 9 — — Greece 727,899 14 10 463,070 29 0 Algeria 1,281,664 13 8 1,060,180 25 1 Chile 588,526 17 0 19,091 27 2 Brazil l,886,871 17 10 1,151,629 26 4 Uruguay 723,936 17 0 404,894 28 7 Argentine Republic 3,693,572 16 9 2,461,074 27 9 Malta 700,111 14 10 297,804 25 8 Egypt (including Egyptian Sudan) 3,162,477 15 0 1,697,060 26 4 * Not including 1,005,440 tons of coal exported during 1923 to territory which was formerly part of the Russian or German Empires, viz., Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Esthonia, Poland and Danzig