§ Mr. FENBYasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity and value of paints, colours, and colouring matter imported during the ears 1926 and 1927, respectively; the proportion admitted by licence; the number of licences granted by the dyestuffs licensing committee for the import of dyestuffs during the years 1926 and 1927, respectively; and the approximate values and quantities of the same and the fees charged?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe total imports of manufactured dyestuffs, dyeing extracts, painters' colours and materials (including intermediate coal-tar products but excluding zinc oxide) amounted in 1926 to 107,000 tons, valued at £3,057,000, and in 1927 to 107,000 tons, valued at £3,170,000. The proportion admitted under licence was about 2 per cent. by quantity and 30 per cent. by value. In 1926, 5,778 licences were issued under the Dyestuffs (Import Regulation) Act for the importation of 1,889 tons of material, valued at £945,007, and in 1927, 6,753 licences were issued for the importation of 2,228 tons, valued at £1,034,103. The fees charged were £3,006 in 1926 and 23,440 in 1927.