HC Deb 27 March 1934 vol 287 c1822W
Mr. CROSS

asked the President of the Board of Trade the total number of cotton mills and their capacity in China in 1920 and 1933, together with the nationality of the persons controlling them?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

According to figures published in the "International Cotton Bulletin," the number and ownership of cotton mills in China in 1923 and 1933 were as follow:

clerical class of the War Office in the grade proceeding to a maximum of £180 basic, men, and £150 basic, women; and in the grade proceeding to a maximum of £250 basic, men, and £220 basic, women, on 1st April, 1933?

Mr. COOPER

There were 739 men with a maximum basic salary of £180 a year, and 128 men with a maximum basic salary of £250 a year. There were no women employed in the class in question.

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