§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total export of pit props and railway sleepers, respectively, from Soviet Russia in 1930; and what were the percentages that came to this country?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHAccording to the trade returns of the Soviet Union, the total weight of pit props and railway sleepers exported from that country in 1930 amounted to 949,000 tons and1614W 345,000 tons, respectively. Separate particulars of the exports to the United Kingdom are not recorded in these returns, but from the trade returns of the United Kingdom it would appear that about three-quarters of the pit props and nearly half the sleepers come to this country.