§ Mr. LEES-SMITHasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give the index numbers of wholesale 963W prices prepared by the Board of Trade for this country and by the Bureau of Labour Statistics for the United States for January, April, July and October for each of the years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924?
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUELThe following statement shows for the periods specified the Board of Trade index numbers of wholesale prices in the United Kingdom, and the index numbers published by the United States Bureau of Labour Statistics, of wholesale prices in the United States of America:
Prices in 1913 = 100. — United Kingdom. United States of America. 1919. January … … * 199 April … … * 199 July … … * 212 October … … * 211 1920. January … … 296.6 233 April … … 325.2 245 July … … 316.9 241 October … … 302.3 211 1921. January … … 245.9 170 April … … 204.8 148 July … … 194.1 141 October … … 180.7 142 1922. January … … 164.0 138 April … … 160.3 143 July … … 160.3 155 October … … 155.2 154 1923. January … … 157.0 156 April … … 162.0 159 July … … 156.5 151 October … … 158.1 153 1924. January … … 165.4 151 April … … 164.7 148 July … … 162.6 147 October … … 170.0 152 * The present series of Wholesale Prices Index Numbers prepared in the Board of Trade does not include calculations for the year 1919, the necessary data not being available.