§ Mr. GODFREY COLLINSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state, according to the Census of Production Act, the total value of goods manufactured in Great Britain in the engineering trade, and the total value of net imports and exports in this trade in 1907.
Mr. BUXTONThe total value at works of the products made and work done in the engineering trades (including ordnance, but exclusive of electrical engineering, marine engineering, and heating, ventilating, and sanitary engineering, and also of goods which, though made in engineering workshops—such as motor cars—are of kinds chiefly made in other trades), is estimated to have been between 82½ and 86½ million pounds sterling in the censual year. The exports of similar products in 1907 were valued at £31,021,000, free on board, and the net imports at £3,315,000 at port of landing. (See page 130 of Cd. 6320.)
§ Mr. GODFREY COLLINSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state, according to the Census of Production Act, the total value of goods manufactured in Great Britain in the boot and shoe trade; and the total value of net imports and exports in this trade in 1907?
Mr. BUXTONThe value at works of boots, shoes, slippers, and clogs of all kinds (excluding those made by firms engaged in making rubber goods) manufactured in the United Kingdom in the censual year, so far as returned to the Census of Production Office, amounted to £20,254,000. 1201W The exports of boots, shoes, and slippers, mainly of leather or rubber, were valued at £2,384,000, free on board, and the net imports (i.e., imports less re-exports) at £848,000 at port of landing. The exports and net imports of boots and shoes of other materials were included in 1907 with those of apparel, but in 1908 the exports were valued at £54,000, and the net imports at £51,000. In addition, repair work to the value of £1,930,000 was executed, and leggings and other goods to the value of £219,000 were manufactured at boot and shoe factories and workshops. As stated in the Final Report on the Census of Production, the figures given above "do not include the output of a large number of (a) workshops where the occupier works alone (as is generally the case with the village shoemaker); (b) workshops attached to retail shops, where a few men are engaged in repair work or on a few special bespoke orders; and (c) independent repairing shops, where a few men work together." (See pages 396 and 397 of Cd. 6320.)
§ Mr. GODFREY COLLINSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can say, according to the Census of Production Act, the total value of goods manufactured in Great Britain in the cotton trade, and the total value of net imports and exports in this trade in 1907?
Mr. BUXTONThe total value at works of the output of cotton yarn, piece goods, and other manufactures (except lace, hosiery, gloves, rope, twine, and nets) is estimated to have been between 131 and 133 million pounds sterling in the censual year (taking the goods as bleached, dyed, or printed, but excluding the profits and charges of piece goods merchants). The total value of the exports of similar goods in 1907 was £105,043,000, free on board, and the total value of the net imports was £3,900,000 at port of landing. (See page 291 of Cd. 6320).