§ Captain CLIVEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will explain why wood-distilling works have not been included in the Census of Production preliminary tables of timber factories, etc.; and when the figures for these works, which have been collected more than a year ago, will be published?
Mr. BUXTONParticlars respecting the products of wood-distillation were included in Section 22 (Chemicals, Coal-Tar Products, Drugs, and Perfumery Factories and Workshops) of Part III. of the Preliminary Tallies summarising the Results of the 2187W Returns received under the Census of Production Act, 1906 (Cd. 5162), which was issued in April, 1910.