§ Sir C. BARRIEasked the President of the Board of Trade the number, gross tonnage, and aggregate value of new mercantile vessels; the number, displacement, tonnage, and value of warships exported from the United Kingdom for each 1932W of the 10 years 1923–1932; and the number, gross tonnage, and aggregate value of British-owned ships exported either for trading or scrapping in each of the same years.
§ Dr. BURGINThe desired information in respect of the exports of complete ships and boats (new) and of war vessels is given in Volume I of the "Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom," the issues for 1926 and 1931 containing the particulars for each of the years 1923 to 1926 and 1927 to 1931, respectively. For 1932, the particulars are given in the issue of the "Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom" for December last. As reported to the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, the number and gross tonnage of vessels removed from the register of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands during the 10 years 1923 to 1932, on sale to foreign subjects, were as follow:
Year. Number of Vessels. Tons gross. 1923 … … 331 797,512 1924 … … 339 696,578 1925 … … 302 546,202 1926 … … 275 596,351 1927 … … 283 856,438 1928 … … 237 602,387 1929 … … 240 687,063 1930 … … 238 571,447 1931 … … 208 571,898 1932 … … 200 646,929 Information as to the value of such vessels is not available.