§ Mr. YERBURGHasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he will state the amount of our total imports of wheat that came by way of the Mediterranean in each of the years from 1906 to 1911, inclusive?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI am unable to state definitely what proportion of the wheat 2081W imported to this country has come by way of the Mediterranean, but I shall be happy to circulate with the Votes a statement showing the shipments, during the years 1906–10, of wheat grain which, owing to the situation of the exporting countries, may fairly be assumed to have come by the Mediterranean, other shipments which, to a large extent, probably come by the same route, and the total imports of wheat grain into this country. I am not yet in a position to give similar figures for the year 1911.
IMPOSTS OF WHEAT GRAIN into the United Kingdom from the undermentioned countries in the years 1906 to 1910 inclusive:— Country from which shipped. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Bulgaria … … 319,400 254,900 81,800 — — Cyprus … … 100 36,200 6,300 — — Egypt … … 1,500 — — — — Italy … … — 900 — 19,990 — Roumania … … 3,780,900 3,256,800 1,837,000 794,700 1,283,500 Russia (Southern ports) … … 14,739,800 10,863,700 4,528,110 14,433,675 23,013,410 Spain … … — — — 20,900 — Tripoli … … 1,700 — — — — Turkey (European) … … 9,600 64,200 32,600 20,800 27,600 Turkey (Asiatic) … … 232,500 458,400 370,900 28,300 117,300 (a) Total … … 19,085,500 14,935,100 6,856,710 15,318,365 24,441,810 Australia … … 7,785,100 8,324,200 5,518,200 9,700,100 13,117,500 British India … … 12,636,200 18,269,600 2,948,900 14,633,200 17,916,738 New Zealand … … 79,400 3,300 — 701,400 630,600 Persia … … 53,600 94,600 57,000 — 60,300 (b) Total … … 20,544,300 26,691,700 8,524,100 25,034,700 31,725,138 (c) Total all imports of Wheat (grain) … … 92,967,200 97,168,000 91,131,205 97,854,425 105,222,638