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Mr. T. Smith
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the total quantity of coal exported from the Humber ports, respectively, and the f.o.b. price per ton during this year, and the comparative figures for 1937, 1936, 1932, and 1930?
Captain Crookshank
The information is as follows:
| Quantity and the Average Value per ton (f.o.b.) of Coal Exported from the Humber Ports during the nine months ended September, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1932 and 1930. | |||||||||||||||||
| Port. | Nine months ended September. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1938. | 1937. | 1936. | 1932. | 1930. | |||||||||||||
| Quantity. | Average declared value per ton (f.o.b.) | Quantity. | Average declared value per ton (f.o.b.) | Quantity. | Average declared value per ton (f.o.b.) | Quantity. | Average declared value per ton (f.o.b.) | Quantity. | Average declared value per ton (f.o.b.) | ||||||||
| Tons. | s. | d. | Tons. | s. | d. | Tons | s. | d. | Tons. | s. | d. | Tons. | s. | d. | |||
| Goole | … | … | 566,753 | 20 | 9 | 684,939* | 19 | 2 | 550,383 | 16 | 8 | 548,139 | 13 | 10 | 1,097,032 | 14 | 3 |
| Grimsby | … | … | 42,145 | 19 | 11 | 53,048 | 17 | 11 | 52,607 | 16 | 5 | 102,993 | 14 | 1 | 213,616 | 14 | 9 |
| Immingham | … | … | 1,221,545 | 21 | 1 | 1,555,885 | 18 | 11 | 1,048,276 | 16 | 1 | 1,125,183 | 13 | 8 | 1,725,118 | 14 | 3 |
| Hull | … | … | 596,637 | 21 | 8 | 750,925 | 19 | 3 | 491,599 | 16 | 11 | 663,364 | 14 | 9 | 1,487,148 | 15 | 5 |
| TOTAL | … | … | 2,427,080 | 21 | 1 | 3,044,797* | 19 | 0 | 2,142,865 | 16 | 5 | 2,439,679 | 14 | 0 | 4,522,914 | 14 | 8 |
| * Revised figures. | |||||||||||||||||
| Note.—It should be noted that the figures for 1930 were affected by the Central Collieries Commercial Association's Voluntary Scheme. | |||||||||||||||||