§ Mr. DILLONasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he can state the amount of Irish bacon exported from Ireland in the years 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917; and the amounts exported during the months of January and February this year and for the previous three years?
§ Mr. SAMUELSThe exports of bacon and hams from Ireland for the periods referred to were as follows:
Cwts. 1913 … … … 1,115,676 1914 … … … 1,090,389 1915 … … … 1,145,347 1916 … … … 1,185,382 1917 … … … 967,437
1915 1916 1917 1918 Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. January 103,084 99,230 102,738 84,542 February 88,327 102,416 83,766 — The figures for February, 1918, are not yet available, but they will be furnished to the hon. Member in the course of a few days.