§ Mr. PRINGLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state, in tons, the monthly importation of lard into Belgium and Northern France by the Neutral Relief Commission?
§ Lord R. CECILThe authorised monthly importation is 4,000 tons of bacon and lard for Belgium, and 3,200 for Northern France, estimated quarterly.
§ Mr. PRINGLEalso asked for figures showing, in tons, the monthly importation of foodstuffs into Belgium and Northern France by the Neutral Relief Commission?
§ Lord R. CECILThe following are the authorised monthly amounts in metric tons. The ration is, however, calculated quarterly:
BELGIUM. Wheat 54,000 Bacon and Lard 4,000 Peas and Beans 3,000 Maize 8,000 Condensed Milk 500 Rice 5,000 Yeast Materials 1,000 NORTHERN FRANCE. Flour 19,300* Bacon and Lard 3,200 Peas and Beans 1,650 Cerealine (Maize) 2,200 Condensed Milk 1,650 Rice 4,400 Sugar 1,320 Coffee 1,100 Salt 1,320 *;Calculated as equivalent to 23,500 tons of wheat. The peas and beans, maize and rice are interchargeable. The Commission has not recently imported the full amount of this ration.