§ Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Trade the total exports and imports of cutlery, and the value of the same, during the years 1913 and 1922, respectively?
§ Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEY:The de-dared values of the imports of cutlery into the United Kingdom were £153,940 in 1913 and £548,593 in 1922. The exports of cutlery of United Kingdom manufacture amounted in value to £836,129 in 1913 and £778,060 in 1922, and the re-exports of cutlery of foreign and colonial manufacture to £51,433 and £92,221 respectively. In 1913 the quantities were required to be stated by weight, and in 1922 by number. No comparable statistics of the quantities of cutlery imported or exported in these years are, accordingly, available.