HC Deb 15 April 1930 vol 237 cc2757-8W
Mr. LEIF JONES

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the quantity in proof gallons of british sprits exported from Great Britain in the calendar year 1929 to the following countries: Philippines and Guam, Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Bermudas, Bahamas, British West Indies, Cuba, Hayti, S. Domingo, Mexico, Guatemala, S. Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras (not British), Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, British Honduras, and British Guiana?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

The information desired by the right hon. Member is given in the following Return:

Return showing the Quantites of the Exports of Spirits—Home-made, the manufacture of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to the undermentioned Countries of Destination, as registered in the year 1929 (Provisional figures).

Quantity.
Country of Destination. Proof Gallons.
St. Pierre and Miquelon 346,490
Philippine Islands and Guam 33,136
Cuba 11,734
Hayti 2,847
St. Domingo 3,342
Mexico 28,127
Guatemala 19,548
Honduras (not British) 7,970
Salvador 5,600
Nicaragua 13,317
Costa Rica 4,988
Colombia 19,002
Panama 35,737
Venezuela 30,623
Canada 1,367,570
Newfoundland and Coast of Labrador 9,311
Bermudas 87,853
British West India Islands—
Bahamas 188,600
Jamaica and Dependencies 29,651
Trinidad and Tobago 13,776
Other British West India Islands 30,308
British Honduras 39,814
British Guiana 7,729