§ Mr. CROSSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give any information as to the comparative cost of manufacture, excluding wages, of some ordinary type of yarn in Japan and Lancashire; and give similar information with regard to cloth?
Ownership. Number of Mills. Spindles. Looms. 1923. Total … … … 119 3,581,214 22,477 Chinese … … … 73 2,112,154 13,689 Japanese … … … 41 1,218,544 5,925 British … … … 5 250,516 2,863 1933. Total … … … 133 5,019,917 39,564 Chinese … … … 89 2,773,273 19,081 Japanese … … … 41 2,063,448 17,592 British … … … 3 183,196 2,891 Comparable figures for 1920 are not available.