HC Deb 20 April 1911 vol 24 cc1245-6W
Viscount WOLMER

asked the Under-Secretary for India, whether he can give an approximate date for the introduction of legislation with regard to the prohibition in India of the manufacture, sale, and importation of matches in the making of which yellow phosphorus has been employed?

Region whence imported. Quantity of Wheat Meal and Flour imported into the United Kingdom.
Annual average, 1891–5. Annual average, 1896–1900. Annual average. 1901–5. Annual average, 1906–10.
Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts.
Australia and New Zealand … 73,000 45,000 479,000 366,000
South America … 21,000 82,000 270,000 100,000
United States and Canada … 17,446,000 18,565,000 14,813,000 10,283,000
European Countries … 1,789,000 2,406,000 2,262,000 1,588,000
Total from All Sources … 19,348,000 21,102,000 17,848,000 12,294,000

Mr. ESSEX

asked what were the average annual exports of wheat meal and flour from the United Kingdom during each of the five years ending respectively 1895, 1900, 1905, and 1910, and showing the proportions of such exports as were milled in the United Kingdom and milled abroad, respectively?

Period. Quantity of Flour exported from the United Kingdom to All Destinations. Percentage—Proportion of.
United Kingdom manufacture. Foreign & Colonial manufacture. Total. United Kingdom manufacture. Foreign & Colonial manufacture.
Annual average Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Per Cent. Per Cent.
1891–1895 … 246,608 208,447 455,055 54.2 45.8
1896–1900 … 474,773 377,866 852,639 55.7 44.3
1901–1905 … 778,412 112,518 890,930 87.4 12.6
1906–1910 … 1,324,732 98,187 1,422,919 93.1 6.9

NOTE.—Flours blended in the United Kingdom, even though c attaining a certain proportion of imported flour, are classed on exportation as the produce and manufacture of the United Kingdom. The quantity of such blended flours exported is not ascertainable.

Mr. MONTAGU

I do not anticipate that the Bill can be introduced until the Legislative Council assembles in Calcutta at the end of the year.