§ Mr. KELLYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the loss occasioned to British trade by the declaration of the Chinese strike and boycott of British goods, which began at the end of May, has been computed; how much the loss amounts to; and whether any measures for bringing the strike to an end, other than by the employment of force, have been considered?
§ Mr. R. McNEILLI do not think it would be possible to compute the loss referred to, and no attempt, so far as I am aware, has been made to do so. It is to be hoped that the measures now under discussion between the Treaty Powers will lead to an early improvement in the commercial as well as in the general situation.