Captain BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Trade if steps can be taken to organise the supply of wheat for milling, so as to prevent the wastefulness, delay, and increased pressure upon the railways resulting from the present system, under which wheat is carried by rail 100 or 200 miles across England, say, 363W from Liverpool to Gloucester or from Bristol to Manchester, owing to the current price of a given description being 2s. 6d. or 3s. less per quarter at a distance than at the nearest port a few miles, away from the purchaser's mill?
§ Mr. PRETYMANThe Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies, on starting its operations, found that the distribution of shipments of wheat contracted for by the corn trade was most uneven, and that by far the largest proportion was directed to Liverpool and Manchester, causing short supplies at high prices in many other ports. The Royal Commission has been giving the matter its fullest consideration, and steps have been and are being taken to distribute arrivals more evenly around the United Kingdom, and to bring prices at the various ports more into line.