Mr. CHANCELLORasked the Minister of Munitions if he can state the quantities of beer and spirits cleared for home consumption in each of the months of the present financial year, with the figures for the corresponding months of the previous year?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe figures are as follows:
— April. May. June. July. Total. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Beer Imported 1915 1,900 2,400 1,900 2,400 8,600 1916 1,300 1,300 300 100 3,000 Beer, Home-made 1915 2,226,000 2,562,000 2,673,000 2,847,000 10,308,000 1916 1,875,000 2,253,000 2,267,000 Not yet available Proof Galls. Proof Galls. Proof Galls. Proof Galls. Proof Galls. Spirits, Imported 1915 1,022,000 64,000 234,000 289,000 1,609,000 1916 276,000 323,000 215,000 187,000 1,001,000 Spirits, Imported 1916 5,170,000 438,000 1,284,000 1,697,000 8,589,000 1916 1,216,000 1,322,000 1,090,000 1,052,000* 4,680,000 * Approximate.