§ Mr. WHITELEYasked the Secretary for Mines the total export of coal from this country during the first six months of 1924, 1925 and 1927?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKThe hon. Member will find the figures for 1925 and 1927 on page 93 of the June issue of the Accounts relating to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom, and the corresponding particulars for 1924 in the issue of those Accounts for June, 1926.
Year. Output of saleable coal. Quantity of coal exported and shipped for the use of steamers engaged in foreign trade (including the coal equivalent of coke and manufactured fuel.) Quantity of coal available for home consumption (including the quantity of coal and the coal equivalent of coke and manufactured fuel imported and retained). Tons. Tons. Tons. 1924 … … … 267,118,000 86,768,000 180,360,000 1925 … … … 243,176,000 73,622,000 169,570,000 1926 … … … 126,279,000 30,976,000 128 to 133,000,000* * Including an estimate of the output of coal from outcrop workings and pit-heaps during the period of the dispute, and an approximate allowance for the reduction in the stocks of coal held by producers and consumers at the end of 1926,as compared with a normal year.