§ Mr. ALDENasked the increases in the amounts of sugar imported into England from the West Indies since the Sugar Convention has been in existence?
Mr. ROBERTSONThe direct imports of sugar from the West Indian Islands and British Guiana during the seven years prior to 1903, the year in which the Convention came into force, were 366,000 tons. During the seven years 1904–10 they amounted to 451,000 tons. Figures for 1911 on this basis are not at present available, but the quantity of sugar consigned from the West Indies and British Guiana to the United Kingdom for that year was 54,000 tons.