Mr. WILSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the quantities of molasses, British-made, imported and home-grown beet, respectively, used in distilleries and used as food for stock during the year ended 31st March, 1936?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe quantities of molasses, British-made, imported and home-grown beet, respectively, delivered 1891W free of duty for use in distilleries (including molasses delivered for use in the manufacture of yeast) and for use as food for stock during the year ended 31st March, 1936, were as follows:
Molasses. For use in distilleries and in the manufacture of yeast. For use as food for stock. Cwts. Cwts. British manufactured from imported sugar. 1,843,652 622,722 Imported 4,822,466 3,511,288 Manufactured from Home-grown beet. 676,028 1,720,857 7,342,146 5,854,867 13,197,013