§ Mr. VIANTasked the President of the Board of Trade the value in sterling of each of the following articles, namely, butter, cheese, condensed milk, eggs, and margarine imported into this country from Holland and also Denmark for the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSThe following table shows the declared values of the total imports of the undermentioned articles into the United Kingdom registered as consigned from Denmark and Netherlands, respectively, during each of the years 1924 to 1928.
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Description. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. Consigned from Denmark (including FarÖe Islands). £ £ £ £ £ Butter … … 18,118,126 17,110,534 17,166,480 17,646,1'32 18,613,677 Cheese … … 57,052 28 288 38,641 35,084 37,178 Condensed milk: Not Sweetened … … 26,037 6,444 27,540 24,406 33,117 Sweetened … … 1,051,689 921,192 768,076 779,684 631,654 Eggs: In shell … … 5,495,772 5,491,744 4,680,503 4,592,587 4,387,146 Not in shell … … 346 141 117 201 209 Margarine … … — 393 9,122 5,875 5,606 Consigned from the Netherlands. £ £ £ £ £ Butter … … 840,107 719,203 1,330,281 1,407,246 1,094,863 Cheese … … 637,173 638,870 849,279 1,003,390 961,701 Condensed milk: Not sweetened … … 33,465 57,814 95,731 140,763 205,265 Sweetened … … 2,833,983 2,564,786 2,691,217 2.795,876 3,027,827 Eggs: In shell … … 1,025,037 1,409,647 1,595,902 1,711,810 2,102,899 Not in shell … … 3,205 3,420 5,002 6,192 946 Margarine … … 4,494,679 4,642,529 4,490,634 3,954,108 3,489,502