§ 108. Sir P. Hannonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of British currency withheld from conversion by the Bank of Spain in order to assist the financial position of this country during the crisis; and if acknowledgment of this courtesy has been conveyed to the Spanish Government.
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QUANTITIES OF HERRINGS EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AS REGISTERED FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST OCTOBER, 1947 Country of Destination. Fresh or Frozen. Canned. Cured or Salted not Canned. Total. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Eire … 20 — 1,144 1,164 Channel Islands … 486 119 1,211 1,816 Gibraltar … 83 33 520 636 Malta and Gozo … — 354 1,509 1,863 Cyprus … — 1,297 8,065 9,362 Palestine … 1,832 4,018 17,431 23,281 West Africa … 33 808 707 1,548 South Africa … 128 5,030 12,197 17,355 East and Central Africa … 21 1,020 783 1,824 India … — 1,593 549 2,142 Burma … — 207 38 245 Malaya … — 1 417 418 Ceylon and dependencies … — 432 133 565 Hong Kong … — 296 327 623 Australia … 21 20,766 17,420 38,207 New Zealand … 293 2,748 2,608 5,649 Canada … — 289 260 549 West Indies, etc. … — 2,188 1,822 4,010 Finland … — — 40,415 40,415 Poland … — 2,051 86,293 88,344 Germany … 184,480 357 269,566 454,403 Netherlands … — — 39 39 Belgium … — — 441 441 France … — 20 — 20 Switzerland … — — 41 41 Italy … — 76 38,371 38,447 Austria … — — 26,084 26,084 Hungary … — — 71 71 Czechoslovakia … — 3,516 — 3,516 Greece … — 90 22,761 22,851 Syria … — — 267 267 Lebanon … — — 88 88 Transjordan … — 39 — 39 Egypt … 12 2,949 39,636 42,597 Iraq … — 25 292 317 Iran … — 297 86 383 U.S.A. … 1 6,082 2,095 8,178 Cuba … — — 169 169 Brazil … — — 310 310 Uruguay … — 2 259 261 Bolivia … — — 340 340 Argentine … — — 851 851 Other Countries … — 436 361 797 187,410 57,139 595,977 840,526
§ Mr. Glenvil HallI regret that I am unable to disclose information regarding Spanish holdings of sterling.