§ Mr. HARRISON-BROADLEYasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he is prepared to support the application made on the 26th of January, 1911, of the North-Eastern Sea Fisheries
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Sugar Seasons ended August. Total Estimated Quantity of Cane Sugar Produced in the World. Total Estimated Quantity of Beet Sugar Produced in the World. Total World's Production of Sugar. Average Price of 88 per cent. Beet Sugar f.o.b. Hamburg. ‡ Excluding British India. British India. Including British India. Excluding British India. Including British India Million Million Million Million Million Million Per Cwt. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. s. d. 1891 … 2.8 * * 3.5 6.3 * 13 6 1892 … 3.1 * * 3.3 6.4 * 13 7 1893 … 3.1 * * 3.3 6.4 * 15 2¼ 1894 … 3.6 * * 3.6 7.2 * 11 5 1895 … 3.6 * * 4.5 8.1 * 9 9 1896 … 2.9 * * 4.1 7.0 * 10 6 1897 … 3.0 * * 4.6 7.6 * 9 0¼ 1898 … 3.4 2.1 5.5 4.9 8.3 10.4 9 5½ 1890 … 3.4 1.9 5.3 5.0 8.4 10.3 10 0½ 1900 … 3.2 2.3 5.5 5.6 8.8 11.1 10 3¾ 1901 … 4.2 2.0 6.2 6.2 10.4 12.4 8 4 1902 … 4.4 1.9 6.3 6.4 10.8 12.7 6 7½ 1903 … 4.5 1.9 6.4 5.8 10.3 12.2 8 2¾ 1904 … 4.7 2.2 6.9 5.8 10.5 12.7 10 1½ 1905 … 4.9 1.7 6.6 6.0 10.9 12.6 11 4¼ 1906 … 5.1 2.2 7.3 7.0 12.1 14.3 8 7¾ 1907 … 5.4 2.2 7.6 7.0 12.4 14.6 9 6¼ 1908 … 5.2 2.0 7.2 7.0 12.2 14.2 10 6 1909 … 5.9 1.9 7.8 7.1 13.0 14.9 10 11½ 1910 … 6.6 2.1 8.7 6.6 13.2 15.3 12 5¾ 1911§ … 6.4 2.2 8.6 8.5 14.9 17.1 12 1¾† * Cannot be given. † For the eleven months January-November, 1911. ‡These particulars relate to the Calendar years stated. § Provisional figures. Joint Committee to the Development Commissioners for a Grant-in-Aid of the development and improvement of the lobster fisheries in their district; and whether he can say if the application was made in such form as to insure the help they asked for; and, if so, can he definitely say when this help may be expected?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI cannot usefully add anything to the answer I gave yesterday on the same subject to the Noble Lord the Member for the Thirsk Division of Yorkshire.