Mr. DAVID ADAMSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the tonnage of foreign shipping and British shipping,. respectively, engaged in the inter-port trade on the British coast in the last five years and during the months of 1936 for which statistics are available; and whether he can state the number and tonnage of motor cargo vessels up to 750 tons net built in the United Kingdom, Holland, Belgium, France, and Germany during 1935?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe following statement shows the net tonnage of British and foreign vessels, including their repeated voyages, that arrived and departed with cargo coastwise at ports in Great Britain during the undermentioned periods.