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Mr. WINTERTON
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the quantities of malt, unmalted grain, rice, maize, &c., sugar, &c., and hope used in brewing in Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the year ended 30th September, 1929, together with the bulk barrels produced?
Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE
The quantities of certain materials used in brewing and the number of bulk barrels brewed in Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the year ended 30th September, 1929, are as follow:
| Materials used. | Cwts. |
| Malt | 10,370,075 |
| Unmalted corn | 24,025 |
| Rice, rice grits, flaked maize, and other similar preparations | 797,157 |
| Sugar, including its equivalent of syrups, glucose and saccharum | 1,817,105 |
| Hops | 320,315 |
| Preparations of hops | 159 |
| Hop substitutes | 27 |
| Bulk barrels. | |
| Beer brewed | 24,792,178 |