Viscountess ASTORasked the Minister of Agriculture the average quantity of home-grown beet-root sugar produced per acre of beet during each of the years of the subsidy period?
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§ Sir J. GILMOURThe following are the average quantities of beet sugar (all polarisations) produced per acre of beet in Great Britain in each manufacturing season during the subsidy period:
Manufacturing Season. Sugar produced per acre. lb. 1924–5 … … … 2,367 1925–6 … … … 2,063 1926–7 … … … 2,654 1927–8 … … … 1,846 1928–9 … … … 2,503 1929–30 … … … 2,838 1930–1 … … … 2,724 1931–2 … … … 2,410 (provisional).
Viscountess ASTORasked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of raw sugar produced in Britain for each year since 1923?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe following are the approximate quantities of raw sugar produced in Great Britain in each beet-sugar manufacturing season during the subsidy period:
Manufacturing Season. Raw Sugar Produced. Tons. 1924–5 … … … — 1925–6 … … … 6,200 1926–7 … … … 17,900 1927–8 … … … 23,300 1928–9 … … … 40,700 1929–30 … … … 103,700 1930–1 … … … 177,700 1931–2 … … … 129,300 (provisional)