HC Deb 20 July 1934 vol 292 cc1420-2W
Sir R. GOWER

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number and value of complete clocks and watches, respectively, shown to have been manufactured in this country during the year covered by the latest census of production; and the numbers and values of complete clocks and complete watches, and parts of clocks and watches, respectively, imported into this country during the past five years, respectively?

Dr. BURGIN

As regards the number and value of complete clocks and watches manufactured in this country, I would refer my hon. Friend to pages 487 and 488 of the Final Report on the Fourth Census of Production (1930), Part II. Detailed particulars of the imports of these goods during the four years 4929 to 1932 will be found in Volume II of the Annual Statement of Trade for 1932, while the preliminary figures for 1933 are contained in the issue for December, 1933, of the Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation.