§ Mr. Eadieasked the President of the Board of Trade how many bankruptcies
Number of Bankruptcies 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 Total 3,926 4,029 3,706 3,404 3,359 3,968 Agriculture 189 230 241 229 217 287 Extractive Industries 21 21 18 18 17 31 Manufacturing Industries 349 377 301 293 362 380 Building and Contracting 963 992 900 739 700 822 Transport and Communications 324 337 278 249 274 368 Distributive Trades 896 899 919 929 1,005 1,241 Directors and Promoters of Companies 230 272 217 165 145 102 Professional, Business and miscellaneous services 705 680 629 582 524 614 Public Administration and Defence 21 18 13 10 8 21 No Occupation 196 151 122 144 84 66 Occupation Unknown 32 52 68 46 23 36