§ Colonel WALKERasked the President of the Board of Agriculture how many horses were shipped from the following ports, giving the numbers separately for each port, and how many were rejected by the inspectors as being unfit for exportation under the provisions of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1910, at each port during 1971W the year 1913 and for the month of January, 1914: Grangemouth, Leith, Newcastle, Hull, Goole, Grimsby, Boston, Harwich, London, and King's Lynn, or any other ports?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI presume that the hon. and gallant Member refers only to horses intended for exportation to the Continent of Europe. If that is so, the desired information is given in the following table:—
Ports. the Year 1913. Number Shipped after Examination with Certificate of Veterinary Inspector. Number Shipped with Certificate of Jockey Club (under Section 7 of Act of 1910. Number Shipped under Permits from Board Exempting from Veterinary Examination. Total Number of Horses Shipped. Number of Horses Rejected after Examination. Boston … — — — — — Dover … 1 — 5 6 — Folkestone … 4,981 — 1,015 5,996 1 Goole … 9,304 — 367 9,671 165 Grangemouth … 3,123 — 35 3,158 53 Grimsby … 1,421 — 33 1,454 54 Harwich … 8,390 — 2,962 11,352 14 Hull … 13,376 — 50 13,426 400 King's Lynn … 1,209 — — 1,209 6 Leith … 1,545 — — 1,545 33 Liverpool … 44 — — 44 — London … 17,846 1 478 18,325 445 Newcastle-on-Tyne … 3,086 — — 3,086 220 Newhaven … 22 — 11 33 — Southampton … 191 — 258 449 — Totals … 64,539 1 5,214 69,754 1,391
Ports. The Month of January, 1914. Number Shipped after Examination with Certificate of Veterinary Inspector. Number Shipped with Certificate of Jockey Club (under Section 7 of Act of 1910. Number Shipped under Permits from Board Exempting from Veterinary Examination. Total Number of Horses Shipped. Number of Horses Rejected after Examination. Boston … — — — — — Dover … — — — — — Folkestone … 283 — 133 416 — Goole … 24 — — 24 — Grangemouth … 374 — — 374 7 Grimsby … 125 — 20 145 5 Harwich … 356 — 86 442 — Hull … 2,207 — — 2,207 88 King's Lynn … 140 — — 140 4 Leith … 179 — — 179 1 Liverpool … — — — — — London … 2,029 — 88 2,117 103 Newcastle-on-Tyne … 466 — — 466 18 Newhaven … 1 — 2 3 — Southampton … 2 — — 2 — Totals … 6,186 — 329 6,515 226