Mr. FOOT MITCHELLasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantities of butter imported into this country during the last 12 months and during the corresponding months of 1912–13 and 1913–14?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKThe quantities of butter registered as imported into Great Britain and Ireland during the 12 months ended October, 1913, amounted to 4,118,628 cwts. and during the 12 months ended October, 1914, to 4,051,772 cwts. The imports of butter into Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the 12 months ended October, 1925, amounted to 5,831,631 cwts., of which 383,252 owts. were consigned from the Irish Free State and 5,448,379 cwts. from other countries.