§ Captain Pluggeasked the President of the Board of Trade how many alarm clocks have been allotted to Rochester and Chatham.
§ Captain WaterhouseThe available supplies of alarm clocks are not sufficient to permit of retailers holding stocks, so I have arranged for the stocks to be held by importers and wholesalers for supply to retailers against buying permits. There is thus no geographical distribution of alarm clocks, but retailers in Rochester and Chatham, to whom buying permits are tendered, should have no difficulty in obtaining clocks promptly from their regular suppliers in London or elsewhere.