§ Mr. CECIL WILSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in regard to British and Irish spirits exported to other foreign countries to the extent of 775,082 proof gallons in 1923 as against 289,864 in 1922, he can state the foreign countries to which the increased quantity has been exported; and what is the quantity exported in 1924?
Mr. GUINNESSThe information requested is given in the following table: 1385W
Country of Destination. Year 1922. Year 1923. Year 1924. Proof Gallons. Proof Gallons. Proof Gallons. French Possessions in India … 37 16 — French Indo-China … 61 12,790 102 French Possessions in Pacific … 520 426 964 St. Pierre and Miquelon … 118,880 499,797 409,966 French West India Islands … 76 — — Switzerland … 7,221 15,012 11,849 Portugal … 3,309 3,439 1,411 Azores … 259 480 671 Madeira … 2,074 1,892 3,051 Portuguese West Africa … 3,545 2,323 2,050 Portuguese Possessions in India … 1,046 742 1,083 Canary Islands … 5,987 6,356 8,523 Spanish Ports in North Africa … 288 239 236 Spanish West Africa … 335 184 446 Italy … 11,488 10,832 15,477 Tripoli … 129 7 38 Italian East Africa … 137 187 219 Fiume … 5 15 — Austria … 714 1,243 2,249 Hungary … 27 60 77 Czechoslovakia … 496 1,500 1,589 Serb-Croat-Slovene State … 155 366 333 Greece … 3,403 2,253 2,924 Crete … — 2 1 Albania … — 3 1 Bulgaria … 5 85 77 Smyrna … 594 — — Rumania … 169 95 131 Armenia … — 8 — Liberia … 1,502 2,094 1,427 Abyssinia … — 297 505 Arabia Muscat Territory and Trurial Oman … 1,066 1,451 935 Arabia Other Native States … — 3 8 Persia … 6,206 10,948 11,473 Afghanistan … — 16 — Korea … 2,156 895 876 Islands in Pacific (not elsewhere specified) … — 65 177 Hayti … 5,581 9,261 6,001 St. Domingo … 13,037 4,560 6,951 Guatemala … 8,098 12,162 86,090 Honduras (not British) … 11,619 15,516 161,185 San Salvador … 2,715 3,203 19,093 Nicaragua … 6,496 23,222 65,402 Costa Rica … 3,679 3,033 34,904 Panama … 19,476 23,132 24,785 Venezuela … 7,966 11,382 9,842 Ecuador … 2,425 4,715 4,992 Bolivia … 7,098 10,115 5,536 Paraguay … 100 101 — Whale Fisheries—Southern … — — 8 289,864 775,082 948,013 NOTE.—From 1st April, 1923, the direct foreign trade of the Irish Free State has been excluded from this Return.
§ Mr. WILSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in regard to British and Irish spirits exported to other British Possessions to the extent of 423,124 gallons in 1923 as against 202,652 in 1922, he can state the other
1386WBritish Possessions to which the increased quantity has been exported; and what is the quantity exported in 1924?
Mr. GUINNESSThe information requested is given in the following table:
1387W
RETURN showing the Exports of British and Irish Spirits from the United Kingdom to each Country of Destination included under "Other British Possessions" in Annual Statement of Trade, during the Tears 1922, 1923 and 1924. Country of Destination. Year 1922. Year 1923. Year 1924. Proof Gallons. Proof Gallons. Proof Gallons. Gibraltar … … 12,005 9,817 9,471 Cyprus … … 1,392 1,538 1,033 Palestine … … 11,005 4,157 4,445 Ascension … … 608 807 1,320 St. Helena … … 644 708 646 Protectorate of South West, Africa … … 1,402 2,508 2,560 Orange Free State … … 809 495 882 Rhodesia … … 16,771 19,659 23,165 Bechuanaland and Protectorate … … 38 152 228 Somaliland Protectorate … … 98 111 17 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan … … 16,800 18,073 17,497 Mauritius and Dependencies … … 6,157 8,457 9,838 Seychelles … … 890 1,312 1,115 Aden and Dependencies … … 5,819 5,102 4,054 Iraq … … 27,772 29,00 23,320 British North Borneo … … 5,503 5,806 5,114 Brunei … … — 16 10 Sarawak … … 1,507 1,979 1,311 Wei-hai-wei … … 113 52 — Territory of Papua … … 1,279 2,264 2,943 Nauru and British Samoa … … — 3 24 Fiji Islands … … 8,178 9,317 12,232 Other Islands in the Pacific (British) … … 562 495 665 Newfoundland and Coast of Labrador … … 11,748 32,179 157,350 Bermudas … … 41,124 224,468 95,378 British Honduras … … 12,576 20,500 7,538 British Guiana … … 16,292 22,131 14,354 Falkland Islands … … 1,561 2,009 4,906 202,652 423,124 402,622 NOTE.—From 1st April, 1923, the direct foreign trade of the Irish Free State has been excluded from this Return.