§ Major ARCHER-SHEEalso asked what was the total amount of wheat and flour in millions of hundredweights exported from India, Canada, and Australia in the year 1911; and what was the estimated consumption of wheat and flour in millions of hundredweights in the United Kingdom in the same year?
Mr. BUXTONThe total amounts of wheat and wheat flour (in grain equivalent) exported during the calendar year 1911 from the countries named were: From British India (by sea), 29.4 million hundredweights; from Canada, 41.1 million hundredweights; from Australia, 33.9 million hundredweights. The total estimated quantity of home-grown and imported wheat and wheat flour (in grain equivalent) retained in the United Kingdom for home consumption during the same year was 143.5 million hundredweights.
§ Major ARCHER-SHEEnext asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state how many hundredweights of wheat and flour were produced in the United Kingdom, imported from the British Empire, and imported from foreign countries, respectively, in the year 1911; and what was the percentage of the total consumption in the United Kingdom in each case?
Mr. BUXTONThe following statement gives the information desired by the hon. Member:—
— Total Supply in 1911. Of which—Retained for Home Consumption. Quantity. Proportion to Total Consumption Million Cwts. Million Cwts. Per Cent. British Wheat 34.5* 32.0† 22.3 Foreign Wheat 57.6‡ 57.3§ 39.9 Colonial Wheat 54.4‡ 54.2§ 37.8 146.5 143.5 100.0 * Estimated quantity produced in 1911. † Production of wheat, less exports of wheat and wheat flour (in grain equivalent) of United Kingdom production. ‡ Total imports in 1911. § Net imports (i.e., total imports less re-exports) retained in the United Kingdom.