Mr. RUNCIMANasked the President of the Board of Trade the official prices per 100 lbs. of comparable grades of wheat flour on the same date in London, Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Vienna, and
City. Description of Flour. Price quoted converted into shillings per 100 lb. Import duty of country on flour (converted into shillings per 100 lb.). s. d. s. d. London … … Straight run flour 13 0½ — Berlin … … Wheat flour, 70 per cent., 5 1 … … home grown. 12 0 Rome … … Flour, home grown 16 7 5 4 Paris … … Flour 14 2 (4s. 5d. to 5s. 10d.)* Vienna … … Wheat flour, No. 0 15 5¾ 1 10 Brussels … … Particulars not available 1 * According to fineness. The duties shown in the table relate, in the cases of Germany and Austria, to the rates applicable to imports from countries receiving most-favoured-nation treatment.