§ Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity and value of imports of oil into this country from Russia in the years 1913, 1930 and 1931?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe total quantity and declared value of refined petroleum imported into the United Kingdom during the years 1913, 1930 and 1931, and registered as consigned from Russia, were as follow:
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— Quantity. Declared Value. Gallons. £ 1913 (Russian Empire) 38,290,958 1,027,811 1930(Soviet Union) 264,431,043 5,491,709 1931(Soviet Union) 270,928,785 4,099,740
§ Mr. SMITHERSasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount and the nature of the purchases of grain made recently by the Soviet representatives in London?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAI have observed in the trade and other papers reports of purchases of wheat by the Soviet Union, but I have no official information as to the amount and nature of any such purchases.