HC Deb 09 April 1934 vol 288 c18W
Mrs. RUNGE

asked the President of the Board of Trade the percentage of home and foreign shipping coming into the port of London in each of the last four periods of six months?

Dr. BURGIN

The percentage proportions of the net tonnage of British and of foreign vessels that arrived, with cargoes or in ballast, at the port of London, in the foreign trade, during each of the last four periods of six months, were as follow:

Period. British vessels. Foreign vessels.
Per cent. Per cent.
March-August, 1932 65.2 34.8
September, 1932-February, 1933. 63.7 36.3
March-August, 1933 63.9 36.1
September, 1933-February, 1934. 61.3 38.7