§ Mr. B. PETOasked the President of the Board of Trade the proportion and tonnage of the imports of the following articles coming into Great Britain that are carried in British and foreign vessels, respectively, namely, wheat, fruit and timber, in the latest year for which statistics are available?
Mr. SAMUELThe detailed statistics of imports into this country do not include a classification according to the nationalities of the vessels in which the various goods were carried, and I am consequently unable to furnish the information desired.