Mrs. RUNCIMANasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the amount of tin mined in Cornwall in 1927; what was the amount of Cornish tin exported in 1927; and which are the chief countries to which these exports were made in the same period?
§ Commodore KINGThe total quantity of tin ore produced in Cornwall during 1927 from mines and other workings was 4,289 tons. The total export of British tin ore for 1927 was 1,742 tons to Germany and 58 tons to Belgium, practically the whole of which was Cornish ore.