§ Mr. EVERARDasked the President of the Board of Trade how many blast furnaces are in full use and how many are closed down; and how these figures compare with 1924?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKI am informed by the National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers that at the end of November last 160 furnaces were in blast, and 277 were damped down and idle, whereas at the end of November, 1924, 173 were in blast and 302 damped down and idle.