§ Captain BARNETTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that, owing to the shortage of wire nails in Great Britain, it is becoming increasingly difficult to pack supplies for the Allied Fronts; and, if so, whether he will instruct the British authorities in New York to expedite by every means in their power the export of the large quantities of wire nails now lying at the docks there which have been duly licensed for importation into this country by the Department of Import Restrictions?
§ Mr. WARDLEI am aware that a shortage of wire nails exists, and the Board of Trade have been in communication with the Ministry of Shipping on the subject, with the result that arrange-2408W ments have been made for the shipment of a considerable quantity of wire nails both from the United States and from Canada.