§ Mr. LAMBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will explain why in January, 1930, with English wheat selling at 9s. 7d. per cwt., the 4-lb. loaf was 9d., when in January, 1914, English wheat was selling at 7s. 3d. per cwt. and the 4-lb. loaf was only 5¾d.; and whether
— 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929 Cotton Yarns. lbs. 7,898,473 9,827,711 12,193,249 15,056,098 £ 820,4158 921,429 1,241,119 1,355,510 Cotton Piece Goods (including flags, handkerchiefs and shawls in the piece). sq. yds. 56,178,238 72,345,453 82,943,300 83,255,999 Linear yds 49,553,412 64,486,921 73,302,800 73,734,370 Cwts 200,852 255,479 291,249 290,216 £ 4,034,442 4,451,198 5,043,174 5,125,104 Note.—The imports of piece goods consist mainly of goods dyed in the piece, and may include some piece goods of United Kingdom Manufacture which had been sent to the Continent to be dyed and then re-imported. The figures for 1929 are provisional.