§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley - Davenportasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the quantity of paper required annually in this country for book publishing, magazines, including weeklies, and newspapers, respectively.
§ Mr. H. WilsonIt is not possible to estimate the amount of paper which could be used at the present time if supplies were freely available; the approximate quantities used annually before the war for newspapers (including weekly newspapers), periodicals and books were respectively 1,110,000 tons, 300,000 tons and 63,000 tons.