Mr. DUNDAS WHITEasked the President of the Board of Trade, as regards the wheat supply of the United Kingdom during the year 1912, what were the amounts, in quarters of 480 pounds and percentages, which were home-grown, which came from other parts of the British Empire, and which came from foreign countries, respectively?
Mr. BUXTONThe estimated total quantity of wheat and wheat flour (in grain equivalent) available for consumption in the United Kingdom in 1912 was 35,900,000 quarters of 480 lbs. Complete details are not vet available, but this amount was made up approximately as follows:—
— Estimated Quantity available for Consumption. Proportion of Total Supply. Quarters (of 480 lbs.) Per cent. Home-grown 7,200,000 20.1 Colonial-grown 15,200,000 42.3 Foreign-grown 13,500,000 37.6 Total 35,900,000 100.0