§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food how frequently did the Tamworth egg-clearing station collect from producers during April and May?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe Tamworth packing station collected eggs from their producers weekly in nearly all instances in April and May. In part of the Kingsbury round, and in the case of producers of small quantities however, collections were only made once a fortnight.
§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether 685W he will give figures showing the intake and out-turn of eggs at the Tamworth egg-clearing-station during March, April and May; and the number of eggs remaining at the clearing-station at the end of each month?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe intake and out-turn of eggs at the Tamworth packing station for March, April and May, and the number of eggs remaining ungraded at the station at the end of each month, were as follow:
Boxes of 360 eggs. — Intake. Out-turn. Ungraded at end of Month. March … 669 570 99 April … 1,157 978 278 May … 847 869 256