§ Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the total amount of purchases made by this country from the South African Union during the last two years?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSThe value of the merchandise imported into the United Kingdom in 1926 and recorded as consigned from the Union of South Africa
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Rural District. In respect of maintenance expenditure. In respect of improvement works and other purposes. Total. On roads and bridges in Classes I and II On certain unclassified roads. £ £ £ £ Ashby-de-la-Zouch … … 483 763 119 1,365 Barrow-upon Soar … … 4,750 3,357 6,258 14,365 Belvoir … … — 850 41 891 Billesdon … … 200 1,325 6,145 7,670 Blaby … … 667 1,658 1,613 3,938 Castle Donington … … — 1,163 — 1,163 Hallaton … … — 370 625 995 Hickley … … 133 1,260 781 2,174 Loughborough … … 98 592 1,848 2,538 Lutterworth … … 7 2,134 1,634 3,775 Market Bosworth … … 510 1,404 1,114 3,028 Market Harborougb … … 10 1,098 1,679 2,787 Melton Mowbray … … 336 4,465 2,018 6,819 Total … … 7,194 20,439 23,875 51,508 was £18,800,000. The total for 1927 was £21,300,000. In addition, gold bullion. and coin were imported from the Union to the value of £31,500,000 in 1926 and £25,600,000 in 1927. These figures represent the value of the goods c.i.f. at United Kingdom ports. They do not include the diamonds shipped from South Africa, the value of the exports of which to this country in 1926 were shown in the South African accounts as £9,200,000; the corresponding figure for 1927 is not yet available.