§ Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of beet-sugar factories and the total output and value of the sugar produced during 1926 as compared with 1925?
Mr. GUINNESSIn the 1924–25 season, three factories produced 478,308 cwts of sugar of the estimated value, duty paid, of £743,353. In the 1925–26 season, nine factories produced 1,038,366 cwts of sugar of the estimated value, duty paid, of £1,355,579.