§ Mr. GRETTONasked the Secretary to the Treasury under what circumstances licences have been granted to export malt during the past nine months ending 31st May in quantities amounting to nearly two and a half times the average annual quantity during the five years preceding the War?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe export of malt was not prohibited till the 3rd February last, and licences for export were not required before that date. The abnormal demand for export is accounted for by the fact that certain countries, especially Italy, 1479W Switzerland and Holland, were largely cut off from their usual sources of supply.
§ Mr. GRETTONasked the Secretary to the Treasury to what countries malt has been exported since 1st January and the quantities to each country, respectively; and if he can give in like manner, but separately, the exports of malt during the month of May?
§ Mr. MONTAGUA statement of the quantities of "Corn: Malt" the produce of the United Kingdom, exported from the United Kingdom to each country of destination during the months January-May, 1915 (inclusive), and May, 1915:—
Country. January to May, 1915. May, 1915. Cwt. Cwt. Sweden 16,921 16,003 Norway 12,242 4,603 Netherlands 152,001 39,188 France 16,312 7,500 Switzerland 69,269 39,406 Portugal 6,885 3,239 Madeira 307 307 Italy 70,206 34,411 Greece 4,739 1,200 Egypt 12,961 400 United States, on the Atlantic 691 — Brazil 3,049 2,600 Channel Islands 2,260 647 Gibraltar 46 46 Malta and Gozo 167 84 Cape of Good Hope 14,664 3,589 Natal 5,118 3,214 Orange Free State 2,652 1,006 Transvaal 7,725 1,956 Rhodesia 498 169 Madras 90 — West Australia 348 — South Australia 21 — Victoria 24 24 New South Wales 2,648 110 Queensland 4,392 1,853 New Zealand 155 50 Canada, on the Atlantic 1,172 456 Canada, Pacific 49 — British West India Islands 200 —