§ 106. Mr. W. Williamsasked the President of the Board of Trade the average number of letters he now receives from the general public; the average number before the war; the size of the staff employed now; and the size of the staff before the war.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe Board of Trade is receiving an average of between 900,000 and a million letters a month for 1946. In 1938 the monthly average was 45,000 letters. The present non-industrial staff of the Board of Trade is 15,034 as against 4,200 in 1938.