§ Mr. HURDasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give an estimate of the number of Bolton operatives engaged in manufacturing yarn for export to Germany; the annual quantity of Bolton yarn exported to Germany; the proportion of such exports sent to Saxony; and the quantity of fabric gloves exported from Germany last year to this country and to all countries, respectively?
§ Mr. BALDWINDuring the twelve months ended 30th April, 1922, the quantity of cotton gloves exported from Germany to all countries is shown by the official German Returns to have been 1,294,700 kilogrammes, of which 309,000 kilogrammes were recorded as exported to Great Britain. Corresponding particulars for the calendar year 1921 are not available. The figures relate to cotton gloves of all kinds, including cotton fabric gloves, which are not separately distinguished in the published statistics of German trade. No particulars are available showing the number of operatives engaged in manufacturing yarn for export to Germany, whether in Bolton or elsewhere, regardingthe places of manufacture of yarns exported to Germany, or regarding the districts within Germany in which yarns exported from this country are used. Any estimates on these subjects would, at best, be of doubtful value.