HC Deb 22 February 1949 vol 461 c261W
94. Sir P. Hannon

asked the President of the Board of Trade what negotiations are in progress between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the Province of British Columbia for the purchase of timber from the forest areas of that province; and if in the near future timber supplies from this part of the Dominion of Canada can be expected.

Mr. J. Edwards

No negotiations are in progress between His Majesty's Government

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS, JULY—DECEMBER, 1948 OF CHINA AND EARTHENWARE
Country China* Domestic Earthenware
cwts. £ cwts. £
Eire 48 2,519 35 648
Channel Islands 41 1,732 29 1,081
Union of South Africa 16 885 5 158
Canada 31 1,522 1 50
Denmark 31 2,298 44 1,552
Poland 2,747 25,101 1 6
Germany 2,439 30,869 1 37
Netherlands 99 1,102 447 6,638
Belgium 4 121 158 1,244
France 325 4,224 1,471 18,146
Czecho-Slovakia 9,043 104,008 1,656 19,252
Yugo-Slavia 51 1,163 147 2,655
United States of America 45 2,162 7 151
Hungary 567 4,897 1,823 13,405
Japan 2 88 0 14
All other Countries 81 2,929 52 1,484
TOTAL 15,570 185,620 5,877 66,521
* China, including translucent pottery and all pottery known as china or porcelain. but excluding electrical ware and porcelain for laboratory use and for industrial purposes.