§ Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSONasked the President of the Board of Trade, what was the total sugar crop in Russia and the 1508W consumption of sugar in that country in each of the years 1910 and 1911, respectively?
Mr. ROBERTSONAccording to information communicated to the Permanent Sugar Commission by the Russian Government, the total Russian production of sugar in the season 1909–10 was 1,037,000 tons, and in the season 1910–11, 1,867,000 tons. Corresponding particulars of the production in 1911–12 have not yet been received, but I am endeavouring to obtain the information by telegraph. The quantity of sugar declared for consumption was 1,140,000 tons in 1909–10, and 1,177,000 tons in 1910–11.