§ Mr. TINKERasked the Secretary for Mines the figures for 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933, and the latest figures for 1934, of the export of coal to the Irish Free State; and the figures for the same periods of the export from Lancashire to the Irish Free State?
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§ Mr. E. BROWNThe information is as follows:
Quantity of coal exported to the Irish Free State from the United Kingdom and from ports on the North-West Coast of England:
Period. From the United Kingdom. From Ports on the North West Coast of England. Years. Tons. Tons. 1929 2,456,122 1,069,979 1930 2,468,214 1,168,286 1931 2,424,699 1,087,458 1932 1,929,803 746,693 1933 1,255,472 513,851 1934 (Jan.—Oct.). 879,506 308,309 Separate particulars for Lancashire Ports are not available.