Mr. Aclandasked the President of the Board of Trade what are the principal raw materials required for the manu-
The following statement shows the average price in each year from 1929 to 1937 of certain descriptions of home-produced and imported iron ore and ironstone, and of limestone used for fluxing purposes, in the manufacture of basic and foundry pig iron. Year Home-Produced Iron Ore and Ironstone. (a) Imported Iron Ore. (b) Limestone used as fluxing agent. (a) Average Prices of furance coke d/d Middlesbrough. (c) Jurassic. Cleveland. Other sorts. Per ton. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. £ s. d. 1929 … … … 6 0 2 10 21 10 3 2 1 0 9¾ 1930 … … … 6 1 2 10 21 8 3 3 18 2½ 1931 … … … 5 11 2 10 19 8 3 1 16 0¼ 1932 … … … 5 7 2 8 18 3 3 1 15 6½ 1933 … … … 5 9 2 8 17 6 3 1 16 1¾ 1934 … … … 5 9 2 8 16 11 3 0 1 0 0 1935 … … … 5 11 2 9 17 6 3 2 19 3¾ 1936 … … … 6 5 2 10 17 9 3 0 1 4 1½ 1937 … … … 7 2 3 1 22 9 3 3 1 16 1¼ (a) Average net selling value at mine or quarry. (b)Average declared value of all kinds of ore. (c) As published in the Iron and Coal Trades Review.