§ Mr. HURDasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether his Department is now obtaining its timber supplies from within the Empire; and, if so, what is the character and extent of recent orders?
Mr. DAVIDSONThe bulk of the supplies of timber for naval use are obtained from British and Dominion or Colonial sources. The classes of timber thus supplied include spruce, pine, elm and fir from Canada, teak from Burma, mahogany from British Honduras, and lignum vita from Jamaica. Considerable supplies are also purchased of
— Devonport. Portsmouth. Chatham. Pembroke. Rosyth. January, 1924 … … 11,426 12,151 9,142 1,324 2,612 April, 1924 … … … 11,383 12,077 9,073 1,302 2,573 July, 1924 … … … 11,457 12,054 8,950 1,361 2,518 October, 1924 … … 11,388 12,123 9,014 1,346 2,501 January, 1925 … … 11,372 12,141 9,134 1,358 2,498 April, 1925 … … … 11,296 11,903 9,131 1,415 2,439 July, 1925 … … … 11,270 12,041 9,263 1,471 2,517 October, 1925 … … 11,354 12,019 9,324 1,173 2,266 January, 1926 … … 11,255 11,877 9,224 987 1,996