§ Mr. MYERSasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantities of timber that have been purchased or acquired by the Government since the Armistice and the stocks in hand at the present time; whether the sale of any timber has recently been contemplated; if so, are the prospective purchasers the Associated Importers, Limited; and, if any sale has 2413W been effected, will he state whether the Associated Importers, Limited, have been involved, with the quantity of timber sold, the price per standard, and the general terms and conditions of the transaction?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe quantity of timber purchased by the Government since the Armistice is approximately 597,000 standards and the stocks in hand at present about 315,000 standards. The answer to the second and third parts of the question is in the affirmative. I am not yet in a position to add anything, so far as the concluding part of the question is concerned, to the answer which I gave to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Newcastle East on March 1st.