§ Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the President of the Board of Trade the total exports of coal through the port of Immingham since the introduction of the five-counties scheme; and if he will give the exports for the similar period for each of the years since 1921?
§ Commodore KINGThe figures are as follow:
Eleven months ended February. Quantity of Coal Exported. Tons. 1929 (provisional) 1,357,000 1928 521,888 1927 150,030 1926 1,044,980 1925 1,019,553 1924 2,343,437 1923 1,552,324 1922 105,332 In comparing the results for the 11 months ended February, 1929, which is the period covered by the scheme, with those for previous periods, it must be remembered that national disputes in this country, and the occupation of the Ruhr, affected the figures considerably.