§ Mr. CROSSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give any information as to the number of British-owned cotton mills in China, Japan and India, respectively; their capacity in terms of spindles and looms; and the proportion which this bears to the total number of cotton spindles and looms in each country?
§ Dr. BURGINAccording to a statement issued by the Chinese Cotton Mill Owners' Association there were in China in 1932 four British-owned mills containing 204,610 spindles, which represent about 4i per cent, of the estimated total number of spindles in that country. Three of the mills contained 2,691 looms, or about 6 per cent. of the estimated total number. No information is available as to the loomage of the fourth mill. Similar information is not available regarding India and Japan, but it is believed that2612W there are very few, if any, British-owned mills in either country at the present time.