Written Answers
Agricultural Holdings (Output)
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state for the latest year for which figures are available the annual value of the output from holdings over one acre in England and Wales of wheat, barley, and oats, not including the proportion of the crops retained on farms for seed or feed?
The estimated value of the output from holdings over one acre in England and Wales in the cereal year 1933–4, of wheat, barley, and oats, excluding the proportions retained on farms, was £4,000,000, £3,700,000, and £1,450,000, respectively. Deficiency payments under the Wheat Act, 1932, have been excluded.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state for the latest year for which figures are available the annual value of the output from holdings over one acre in England and Wales of poultry and eggs?
The estimated value of the output of poultry and eggs from holdings over one acre in England and Wales in the year ended 31st May, 1934, was £5,770,000 and £15,480,000, respectively.
Coal Industry
Exports
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will give the quantity of coal exported, excluding bunkers, from each of the principal groups of ports of Great Britain for the years 1913, 1920, and for each of the last 12 years?
The information is as follows:
| Year. | Quantity of Coal Exported from: | Total | |||||||
| Bristol Channel Ports. | North Western Ports. | North Eastern Ports. | Humber Ports. | East Scotland Ports. | West Scotland Ports. | Other Ports. | |||
| Thousand Tons. | |||||||||
| 1913* | … | 29,876 | 752 | 23,024 | 8,883 | 8,253 | 2,184 | 428 | 73,400 |
| 1920* | … | 15,470 | 9 | 7,509 | 470 | 1,227 | 109 | 138 | 24,932 |
| 1923* | … | 30,130 | 2,101 | 25,367 | 9,363 | 9,195 | 2,461 | 842 | 79,459 |
| 1924 | … | 25,682 | 1,490 | 21,099 | 4,780 | 6,152 | 2,071 | 377 | 61,651 |
| 1925 | … | 21,454 | 1,308 | 16,976 | 3,709 | 5,135 | 1,884 | 351 | 50,817 |
| 1926† | … | 9,295 | 619 | 6,990 | 853 | 1,836 | 896 | 107 | 20,596 |
| 1927 | … | 22,592 | 1,284 | 18,537 | 2,363 | 4,351 | 1,843 | 179 | 51,149 |
| 1928 | … | 21,415 | 1,338 | 17,543 | 3,786 | 4,185 | 1,497 | 287 | 50,051 |
| 1929 | … | 24,716 | 1,229 | 20,674 | 6,500 | 4,829 | 1,835 | 484 | 60,267 |
| 1930 | … | 23,299 | 1,322 | 18,073 | 6,187 | 3,932 | 1,552 | 509 | 54,874 |
| 1931 | … | 18,004 | 1,191 | 14,292 | 4,227 | 3,215 | 1,305 | 516 | 42,750 |
| 1932 | … | 16,504 | 795 | 12,626 | 3,336 | 3,903 | 1,256 | 479 | 38,899 |
| 1933 | … | 16,064 | 598 | 13,434 | 3,254 | 4,180 | 1,116 | 422 | 39,068 |
| 1934 | … | 15,918 | 452 | 13,668 | 3,281 | 4,597 | 1,317 | 427 | 39,660 |
| * From 1st April, 1923, the figures cover shipments from Great Britain and Northern Ireland and shipments from these countries to the Irish Free State are included as exports. | |||||||||
| † National Stoppage. | |||||||||
Production (Statistics)
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the production of coal for the United Kingdom, the Continent of Europe (distinguishing
| Production of Coal in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States during the years 1913, and 1923 to 1934. | ||||||||||||||||
| Country. | 1913 (Post warterritory). | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. (a) | |||
| Million Statute Tons. | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom (including Ireland). | 287·4 | 276·1 | 267·2 | 243·3 | 126·4 | 251·3 | 237·6 | 258·0 | 244·0 | 219·5 | 208·8 | 207·2 | 220·8 | |||
| Germany | … | … | … | 138·5 | 61·3 | 116·9 | 130·5 | 143·0 | 151·1 | 148·4 | 160·8 | 140·4 | 116·8 | 103·1 | 108·2 | 123·0 |
| France | … | … | … | 43·2 | 37·1 | 43·3 | 46·3 | 50·6 | 51·0 | 50·5 | 52·9 | 53·0 | 49·2 | 45·5 | 46·1 | 46·9 |
| Saar | … | … | … | 13·0 | 9·0 | 13·8 | 12·8 | 13·5 | 13·4 | 12·9 | 13·4 | 13·0 | 11·2 | 10·3 | 10·4 | 11·1 |
| Belgium | … | … | … | 22·5 | 22·6 | 23·0 | 22·7 | 24·9 | 27·1 | 27·1 | 26·5 | 27·0 | 26·6 | 21·1 | 24·9 | 25·9 |
| Netherlands | … | … | 1·8 | 5·2 | 5·8 | 6·7 | 8·5 | 9·2 | 10·5 | 11·4 | 12·0 | 12·7 | 12·6 | 12·4 | 12·1 | |
| Poland | … | … | … | 40·3 | 35·5 | 31·8 | 28·6 | 35·2 | 37·5 | 40·0 | 45·5 | 36·9 | 37·7 | 28·4 | 26·9 | 28·8 |
| Soviet Union (Russia) (b) | 28·6 | 12·5 | 16·0 | 16·2 | 25·3 | 31·7 | 34·7 | 39·4 | 48·0 | 55·7 | 63·3 | 75·5 (a) | 90·5 | |||
| Czechoslovakia | … | … | 14·0 | 11·4 | 14·9 | 12·4 | 14·0 | 13·8 | 14·3 | 16·5 | 14·2 | 12·9 | 10·8 | 10·5 | 10·6 | |
| Spain | … | … | … | 4·0 | 5·9 | 6·0 | 6·0 | 6·4 | 6·6 | 6·3 | 6·9 | 7·0 | 7·0 | 6·7 | 5·9 | 5·9 |
| Rest of Europe | … | … | 1·9 | 2·5 | 2·5 | 2·5 | 2·6 | 2·7 | 2·7 | 3·0 | 3·0 | 2·8 | 2·8 | 2·8 | 2·8 | |
| Total Continental Europe. | 307·8 | 203·0 | 274·0 | 284·7 | 324·0 | 344·0 | 347·4 | 376·3 | 354·5 | 332·6 | 304·6 | 323·6 | 357·6 | |||
| United States | … | 508·9 | 587·4 | 510·4 | 519·5 | 587·3 | 533·8 | 514·4 | 543·6 | 479·4 | 394·4 | 321·0 | 342·1 | 371·2 | ||
| (a) Provisional and subject to correction. | ||||||||||||||||
| (b)Years ended 30th September from 1923 to 1929. Figures include lignite and production in Asiatic Russia. | ||||||||||||||||
the principal producing countries), and the United States of America for each of the last 12 years, and also for 1913?
The information is as follows:
Trade And Commerce
Ships (Sale To Foreign Countries)
asked the resident of the Board of Trade whether he will state, in numbers of ships, tonnage, and value, the exports from the United Kingdom of merchant ships and warships, respectively, for each of the years 1905
| Year. | Vessels other than war vessels (new), complete. | War vessels (new), complete. | |||||||
| Number. | Gross Tonnage. | Declared Value. | Number. | Tonnage (a). | Declared Value. | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||||||
| 1905 | … | … | … | 997 | 350,830 | 5,381,298 | 1 | 433 | 50,000 |
| 1906 | … | … | … | 1,197 | 369,849 | 5,844,171 | 2 | 18,533 | 2,800,000 |
| 1907 | … | … | … | 1,502 | 569,413 | 9,463,413 | 6 | 6,592 | 554,700 |
| 1908 | … | … | … | 1,213 | 447,341 | 8,687,481 | 8 | 12,632 | 1,879,994 |
| 1909 | … | … | … | 1,126 | 301,534 | 5,680,114 | 4 | 2,362 | 247,000 |
| 1910 | … | … | … | 1,045 | 218,990 | 3,875,704 | 11 | 31,420 | 4,894,500 |
| 1911 | … | … | … | 1,433 | 387,643 | 5,637,315 | 6 | 180 | 25,800 |
| 1912 | … | … | … | 1,498 | 377,680 | 6,262,162 | 5 | 5,426 | 765,000 |
| 1913 | … | … | … | 1,508 | 463,160 | 8,409,430 | 2 | 19,430 | 2,617,100 |
| 1914 | … | … | … | 1,009 | 363,718 | 6,624,169 | 6 | 3,287 | 308,385 |
| 1925 | … | … | … | 942 | 189,004 | 6,261,969 | 1 | 17 | 14,354 |
| 1926 | … | … | … | 889 | 149,214 | 4,610,679 | 4 | 60 | 19,300 |
| 1927 | … | … | … | 1,082 | 174,792 | 4,485,267 | 7 | 81 | 45,388 |
| 1928 | … | … | … | 1,087 | 353,377 | 10,755,424 | 6 | 21,130 | 5,143,150 |
| 1929 | … | … | … | 1,035 | 377,510 | 11,690,916 | 14 | 15,712 | 3,820,250 |
| 1930 | … | … | … | 1,130 | 655,822 | 19,435,016 | 8 | 5,331 | 707,400 |
| 1931 | … | … | … | 502 | 310,345 | 9,857,745 | 2 | 2,640 | 600,000 |
| 1932 | … | … | … | 472 | 79,889 | 3,388,575 | 1 | 2,400 | 525,000 |
| 1933 | … | … | … | 525 | 44,164 | 1,891,919 | 5 | 3,953 | 679,928 |
| 1934 | … | … | … | 979 | 38,393 | 1,165,019 | 2 | 4,294 | 597,586 |
| (a) Gross tonnage prior to 1928 and displacement tonnage from 1928. | |||||||||
| Notes.—(1) The above figures for 1905 to 1914 relate to exports from the British Isles as a whole; those for 1925 to 1934 relate to exports from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | |||||||||
| (2) The figures for 1934 are provisional. | |||||||||
Iron, Steel And Tinplates
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the figures for the iron and steel industry and the tinplate industry, respectively, showing the output and prices per ton for each of the years 1913, 1920, and 1934?
According to statistics published by the British Iron and Steel Federation, the output of pig iron and of steel ingots and castings in the years 1913, 1920, and 1934 was as follows:
to 1914, inclusive, and 1925 to 1934, inclusive?
The following table shows the number, tonnage and declared value of vessels (other than war vessels) and of war vessels exported from the United Kingdom during each of the years specified.
| Pig Iron. | Steel Ingots and Castings. | |
| Thous. Tons. | Thous. Tons. | |
| 1913 | 10,260.3 | 7,663.9 |
| 1920 | 8,034.7 | 9,067.3 |
| 1934 | 5,978.5 | 8,859.7 |
The output of tinned, terne and black plates amounted to 608,500 tons in 1920 and to 747,600 tons in 1934. Corresponding particulars in respect of the year 1913 are not available.Average prices of some representative iron and steel products in the years 1913, 1920, and 1934, were as follow:
| Commodity. | Unit of price. | 1913. | 1920. | 1934. | ||||||
| Pig iron: Cleveland No. 3 foundry, d/d | … | … | s. per ton | 58·93 | 208·9 | 66·88 | ||||
| Billets, soft, d/d | … | … | … | … | … | … | s. per ton | 127·0 | 438·7 | 110·0 |
| Angels, d/d | … | … | … | … | … | … | £ per ton | 7·45 | 22·88 | 8·37 |
| Rails, heavy, d/d | … | … | … | … | … | … | £ per ton | 6·61 | 22·83 | 8·25 |
| Ship plates, ⅜ inch and up (Scotland), d/d | … | … | £ per ton | 7·95 | 25·87 | 8·75 | ||||
| Tinplates, 1.C, cokes, 20 × 14, 112 sheets, 108 lbs., f.o.b. Bristol Channel. | s. per box | 13·83 | 61·34 | 17·31 | ||||||
Education (Private Schools)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if it is proposed to introduce legislation to give effect to the recommenda- tions of the Departmental Committee on Private Schools'?
I have nothing to add to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for the University of Wales (Mr. E. Evans) on the 11th June last.