§ Mr. THORNEasked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the number of barrels of oil that have been sold to Italy by the Anglo-Iranian Company, Limited, during the months of August, September, and October, to the nearest available date?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKOfficial figures are not available, but the quantity of oil sold by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company themselves in Italy is very small. Some oil sold by them to other companies is sent to Italy. I understand, however, that the total shipments of Iranian oil to Italy during the period mentioned in the question were very substantially less in 1935 than during the corresponding months of 1934.