HC Deb 10 October 1916 vol 86 cc26-8W
Sir E. CORNWALL

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the number of the staff employed by the Board of Trade in March 1906, March 1914, and in September 1916; and what were the duties of the Board of Trade in 1906; what new duties were added between 1906 and 1914, and what further duties have been added since the outbreak of war?

March, 1906. March, 1914. 1916.
Commercial. Commercial. Commercial.
Labour. Labour Statistics. Labour Statistics.
Statistical. Harbour. Harbour.
— Marine. Marine.
Harbour. Railway. Railway.
Marine. Finance. Finance.
Railway. Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy.
Finance. Companies. Companies.
Bankruptcy. Seamen's Registry. Seamen's Registry.
Companies, Standards of Weights and Measures. Standards of Weights and Measures.
Seamen's Registry.
Standards of Weights and Measures. Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks. Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks.
Patents. Designs, and Trade Marks. Solicitor. Solicitor.
Chief Industrial Commissioner. Chief Industrial Commissioner.
Solicitor.
London Traffic. Labour Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance.
Exhibitions.
Labour Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance. Trade Boards.
War Risks Insurance.
Census of Production. Import Restrictions.
Trade Boards. Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement.
Petrol Control, and many other Committees.

Mr. RUNCIMAN

submitted the following statement, showing the distribution of duties by Board of Trade departments in 1906, 1914, 1916:—