§ Mr. Maitlandasked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of the total number of tramp ships engaged in the trade have been British ships among those chartered to load for European destinations from the St. Lawrence, the Plate, and Australia during the first six months of 1937 and for the same period of each of the years 1933 to 1936?
Mr. StanleyThe only available information on this subject is that contained in the Reports of the Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee which have been presented to Parliament. This information relates principally to the River Plate trade, and no particulars are given for any year earlier than 1934. The revelant parts of the reports are as follows:
Interim Report of the Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee (Cmd. 5004), Section 8, pages 7–8.
Second Report of the Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee (Cmd. 5084), Section 7, page 6.
Third Report of the Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee (Cmd. 5291), Section 7, pages 8–9.
Fourth Report of the Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee (Cmd. 5363), Section 4c, page 11.