§ Mr. CLARRYasked the President of the Board of Trade the total tonnage of bitumen and dehydrated coal tar, respectively, imported or produced in this country during the year 1924?
Mr. SAMUELThe quantity of "asphalt and bitumen" registered as imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the year 1924, amounted to 270,051 tons. During the same period the registered imports of coal tar amounted to 3,065 tons. Complete particulars of the output of coal tar in this country are not available. No bitumen is produced in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.