§ Mrs. WINTRINGHAMasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity and value of fabric gloves imported from the 1st October to the 31st March: the imports and values for the years 1913 and 1921; and what proportion came from Germany?
§ Mr. BALDWINParticulars of imports of fabric gloves during 1913 were not collected by the Customs, and I am, consequently, unable to furnish this part of the information asked for. The remaining particulars are given in the following statistical statement:—
Quantity Value Gross. £ Imported from all countries 514,182 14,896 Imported from Germany 36,854 2,174 Imported from Czecho-Slovakia 409,898 8,245 Similar particulars with regard to hooks and eyes are not available.
Neither press buttons nor hooks and eyes were separately distinguished in the statistics required to be furnished by importers to the Customs in 1913.