§ Colonel WOODCOCKasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the monthly returns of imports for the present year, to the latest month available, of tobacco from Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and Canada, and the corresponding monthly figures for the last two years?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 6th Decem- 2522W ber, 1927; col. 1164, VOL. 211], supplied the following statement:
STATEMENT showing the quantities of Un-manufactured Tobacco consigned from Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Canada respectively and imported into the United Kingdom in each month from January, 1925 to October, 1927. Consigned from 1925. 1926. 1927. Rhodesia. LBS. LBS. LBS. January 108,449 101,007 524,613 February 47,766 208,007 166,719 March — 15,092 241,983 April 23,326 50,348 162,317 May 19,267 23,052 203,397 June 106,393 161,014 274,564 July — 169,220 413,735 August — 235,562 1,658,339 September 27,691 121,885 2,163,556 October 188,070 231,964 1,638,477 November 247,364 529,930 — December 262,839 457,928 — Nyasaland. January 259,103 84,015 110,313 February 23,892 73,078 16,718 March 49,947 44,958 146,038 April 15,367 32,913 18,957 May 8,627 — 185,053 June 560,245 546,550 970,693 July 975,257 1,941,455 1,251,003 August 1,378,269 1,851,318 2,612,467 September 1,794,768 1,583,873 3,026,497 October 829,044 1,253,641 3,280,100 November 1,029,330 1,222,725 1,252,051 December 146,636 449,569 — Canada. January 119,717 326,638 475,563 February 161,386 244,442 849,649 March 329,961 950,587 1,521,808 April 314,195 897,728 1,424,988 May 379,298 884,995 974,414 June 365,744 994,088 283,706 July 129,467 232,060 135,118 August 1,450 108,154 101,184 September 7,654 98,197 2,545 October — 90,220 2,225 November 49,431 33,954 — December 221 52,823 —