HC Deb 01 April 1926 vol 193 cc2376-7W
Mr. BARR

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the gross and per capita consumption of beer, wine, and spirits in Jamaica for the financial years 1922 to 1925, inclusive; the quantity of rum produced in Jamaica during the same period, and the quantity of rum from Jamaica during the same period, with the countries of export?

Mr. AMERY

The following figures represent the imports for home consumption of the articles specified. Information is not available regarding the quantities produced and consumed in the Colony:

C.—RUM EXPORTED FROM JAMAICA.
Country to which Exported. Year.
1922. 1923. 1924. 1925.
Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons.
United Kingdom 632,639 390,456 568,924
Australia 1,605 2,560 1,853
Bahamas 57,306 59,114 55,500
Barbados 12 6
Bermuda 139 5 362
British Guiana 56
British Honduras 961 41 14
Canada 25,113 63,155 50,093
Cayman Islands 518 831 920
Hong Kong 70
India 744 219 276
Malta 54 54 58
Newfoundland 544
New Zealand 91 1,533
Ragged Island 2
Trinidad 217 20 14
Turks Island 3,627 4,014 1,529
United States of America 526 210 55
Argentine 70
Belgium 2,334 30
Colombia 24 70
Costa Rica 156 245 224
Cuba 47 53 8
Denmark 8,405 3,251 4,765
Dutch West Indies 634
Egypt 100
France 6 30 3,135
Germany 71,438 2,257 40,461
Guatemala 20 331 96
Hayti 6 19 20
Holland 3,322 224 431
Japan 6
Mexico 30 183 2
Miquelon 2,002
Nicaragua 79 20
Panama 391 508 447
San Domingo 60 50
Spain 321
Spanish Honduras 902 792 792
Switzerland 2,166
Total 809,023 537,524 730,456 1,034,137*
* No details available. Figures supplied by the Government and published in West India Committee Circular, 11th March, 1926.