asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the imports and exports of gold during 1922, stating the countries who received or sent the gold, and also for the months of January and February, 1923?

The total imports and exports of gold bullion and coin into and from the United Kingdom during the periods specified were as follow:

		Imports.	Exports.
		£	£
Year 1922	…	34,543,591	44,851,917
January,1923	…	4,836,805	7,179,572
February, 1923	…	3,370,585	3,318,958

Details of the countries from which the imports were received and to which the exports were sent during 1922 are shown on pages 222–227 of the Monthly Accounts of Trade and Navigation for December, 1922; and corresponding details for January and February, 1923, on pages 150–154 and 222–227, respectively, of the accounts for those months.