§ Mr. MARDY JONESasked the Secretary for Mines in what year the payment of reparation coal was first made by Germany; what is the total quantity of such reparation coal that has been delivered in each year since to the latest available date; what is the quantity delivered or credited to each of the recipient Allied Powers in each of these years; and what was the average selling price fixed in each year for the quantity delivered each year to each recipient Allied Power?
§ Commodore KINGThe first delivery of coal on reparation account was made by Germany in September, 1919, in anticipation of the coming into force of the Treaty of Versailles. The quantities of coal, coke (in terms of coal) and lignite delivered by Germany on reparation account each year to each recipient country since the coming into force of the Treaty are as follow:
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I regret that it is not possible to give the average prices of the three commodities separately, but the following statement shows the average cost at the German frontier of all coal, coke (in terms of coal) and lignite, delivered on reparation account: Year. Average total cost at the German frontier of coal, coke (in terms of coal) and lignite delivered on Reparation account. To France. To Belgium. To Italy. To Luxemburg. Gold Marks per metric ton. 1919 (September-December) 13.0 — 16.2 — 1920 18.1 17.0 19.2 16.0 1921 15.4 14.5 17.8 14.2 1922 14.2 12.6 18.1 13.3 1923 Cannot be stated. 1924 1925 23.4 20.1 25.3 — 1926 20.9 17.0 21.2 — 1927 20.9 17.8 19.6 — 1928 (Provisional) 19.1 16.8 18.9 — (1 Gold Mark is approximately equal to 11¾d.) Note.—Since the coming into force of the Dawes Plan on 1st September, 1924, increasing quantities of coal on reparation account have been delivered under commercial contracts at commercial prices. Particulars of these prices are not available. In the above table, therefore, from, and including, the year 1925, the average cost is based on the quantities recorded in the German Trade Accounts as delivered on reparation account and on the total sums, including cost of transport included under the general beading relating to coal in the accounts periodically issued by the Agent-General for Reparation Payments.