§ Lieut.-Colonel WINDSOR-CLIVEasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of Dominion and foreign timber imported into this country in each of the last three years?
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§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSThe following table shows the quantities and declared values of wood and timber, imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland dur-
Description and Year. Imports consigned from Foreign Countries. Imports consigned from British Countries. Quantities. Declared Values. Quantities. Declared Values. Recorded by cubic feet (comprising most of the hard woods): Thousand cubic feet. £'000. Thousand cubic feet. £'000. 1926 22,631 5,670 8,352 2,276 1927 26,207 6,330 9,891 2,438 1928 27,267 6,573 11,437 2,860 Recorded by loads (mostly soft woods, including pitprops, etc.): Thousand loads. Thousand loads. 1926 7.290 29,523 285 1,790 1927 9,884 38,876 373 2,022 1928 8,226 31,385 319 1,740 Total declared value: 1926 35,193 4,066 1927 45,206 4,460 1928 37,958 4,600 Note.—The figures for 1928 are provisional.