§ Lieut.-Colonel JAMESasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in what parts of the British Empire, including mandated and other territories, which, in the case of dutiable commodities, enjoy Imperial preference, petroleum is produced; what was the output of petroleum in these territories during 1921 and the first six months of 1922: and what proportion of this production was imported into this country?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREsupplies the following statistic in pursuance of his answer.—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 12th December, 1922; col. 2593, Vol 159.]
§ Viscount WOLMERStatistics are not available as to the movement of shipping through the Dardanelles, but the returns for the Port of Constantinople may be regarded as measuring approximately the movement of shipping of that region.
2961WThe following statement shows number and tonnage of British vessels (including their repeated voyages) which entered and cleared with cargoes and in ballast in the foreign trade
Year. Vessels Entered. Vessels Cleared. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. 1911 … … … … 2,013 3,956,711 2,057 4,023,789 1913 … … … … 1,344 2,744,644 1,344 2,744,644 1913 … … … … 1,568 3,357,844 1,568 3,357,844 Comparable figures for later years are not available.