§ Mr. HENDERSON STEWARTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state, in numbers of ships, tonnage, and value, the exports from the United Kingdom of merchant ships and warships, respectively, for each of the years 1905 to 1914, inclusive, and 1925 to 1935, inclusive, and for the first nine months of 1936?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe following table shows the number, tonnage and declared value of vessels (other than war vessels) and of war vessels exported from the United Kingdom during the undermentioned periods.
on the cases; and, in view of this contravention of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, will he now consider the granting of a marking order
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI am aware that sporting cartridge cases are being imported unmarked and that, after loading, the cartridges are sold bearing the names of British firms. I am advised that this practice is not an offence under Section 1 of the Merchandise Marks Act, 239W 1926, since the name of the British firm is applied to the loaded cartridge as a whole which cannot be regarded as "imported goods" within the meaning of the Section. As regards the last part of the question, it is open to the interests concerned to apply for an Order under the Act requiring imported cartridge cases to be marked, but up to the present no application for such an Order, which complies with the conditions laid down in the Act, has been received by the Board of Trade.