Written Answers
Southern Nigeria (House Rule Ordinance)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has
| STATEMENT showing the quantity and value of the various descriptions of fresh fish of British taking exported from the United Kingdom to the undermentioned countries in 1910. | |||||||
| Description of fish. | Exports of fresh fish of British taking. | ||||||
| To Germany. | To Netherlands. | To Belgium. | To France. | To other countries. | Total. | ||
| Quantity. | |||||||
| Cwts. | Cwts. | Cwts. | Cwts. | Cwts. | Cwts. | ||
| Herrings | … | 610,233 | 15,602 | 29,293 | 1,238 | 23,758 | 680,124 |
| Salmon | … | 758 | 319 | 1,867 | 4,321 | 254 | 7,519 |
| Cod | … | 13,636 | 4,625 | 17,466 | — | 2,204 | 37,931 |
| Mackerel | … | 550 | 258 | 2,697 | 5,481 | 1,127 | 10,113 |
| Haddocks | … | 17,584 | 1,890 | 18,340 | 14 | 116 | 37,944 |
| Shell Fish (all sorts) | … | 811 | 631 | 7,996 | 7,026 | 795 | 17,259 |
| Other Sorts | … | 45,265 | 14,155 | 61,330 | 16,353 | 4,752 | 141,855 |
| Total | … | 688,837 | 37,480 | 138,989 | 34,433 | 33,006 | 932,745 |
| Value. | |||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Herrings | … | 275,896 | 8,934 | 14,208 | 985 | 11,052 | 311,075 |
| Salmon | … | 7,745 | 3,109 | 16,012 | 39,334 | 2,176 | 68,376 |
| Cod | … | 13,792 | 3,090 | 17,553 | — | 2,600 | 37,035 |
| Mackerel | … | 472 | 411 | 3,056 | 8,115 | 1,088 | 13,142 |
| Haddocks | … | 18,955 | 1,313 | 22,817 | 30 | 148 | 43,263 |
| Shell Fish (all sorts) | … | 1,436 | 2,804 | 24,112 | 8,130 | 640 | 37,122 |
| Other Sorts | … | 101,436 | 16,099 | 117,818 | 32,342 | 10,184 | 277,879 |
| Total | … | 419,732 | 35,760 | 215,576 | 88,936 | 27,888 | 787,892 |
received a report from the Governor of Southern Nigeria on the House Rule Ordinance?
I am informed by the Governor of Southern Nigeria that his report on the House Rule Ordinance should reach me by the beginning of next month.
British Fishing Trade, 1910
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he could state the quantity and value of fresh fish caught by British fishing boats during the year 1910 and exported abroad; the names of the various countries to which the fish was exported; the quantity sent to each; and the amount of duty levied in each country on fresh fish?
I attach a statement giving the information asked for by my hon. Friend.
| The following Statement shows the rates of duty leviable on fresh fish on importation into the four countries named:— | ||||||||
| Countries. | Tariff Classification. | Tariff rates of duty. | English equivalents. | |||||
| Mks | Pf. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Germany | Carp, not living | 100 Kilogs.(gross) | 10 | 00 | Cwt. | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Other fresh fish | Free | Free | ||||||
| Marine molluscs, living or merely boiled or salted, also with the shell removed: | ||||||||
| Oysters | 100 Kilogs. (gross) | 65 | 00 | Cwt. (gross) | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| Others | Free | Free | ||||||
| Sea turtle, living or dead | 100 Kilogs. (gross) | 100 | 00 | Cwt. (gross) | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Marine crustaceans, living or not, shelled or not: | ||||||||
| Lobsters and crayfish | 100 Kilogs. (gross) | 65 | 00 | Cwt. (gross) | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| Other | 100 Kilogs. (gross) | 24 | 00 | Cwt. (gross) | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Fresh water crustaceans: | ||||||||
| Living or merely boiled | Free | Free | ||||||
| Shelled (crab flesh) | 100 Kilogs. | 60 | 00 | Cwt. | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| Netherlands | Fresh fish | Free | Free | |||||
| Belgium | Fresh fish of all kinds | Free | Free | |||||
| France | Fresh-water fish, fresh: | |||||||
| Salmonoid family: | Frs. | Cts. | ||||||
| Trout | 100 Kilogs. | 25 | 00 | Cwt. | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Other | 100 Kilogs. (gross) | 10 | 00 | Cwt. (gross) | 0 | 4 | 0¾ | |
| Other kinds: | ||||||||
| Pike, carp, tench and eels | 100 Kilogs. (gross) | 8 | 00 | Cwt. (gross) | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Other | 100 Kilogs. (gross) | 5 | 00 | Cwt. (gross) | 0 | 2 | 0½ | |
| Salt-water fish, fresh | 100 Kilogs. (gross) | 20 | 00 | Cwt. (gross) | 0 | 8 | 1½ | |
| Oysters, fresh: | ||||||||
| Seed | Free | Free | ||||||
| Other | Thousand | 1 | 50 | Thousand | 0 | 1 | 2½ | |
| Lobsters and crayfish, fresh | 100 Kilogs. | 15 | 00 | Cwt. | 0 | 6 | 1½ | |
| Mussels and other shell fish | Free | Free | ||||||