asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether he can state the estimated amount of the net adverse trade balance in the external trade for the year 1934 (or the financial year 1934-35), and if he will state the several items of invisible trade in respect of which estimates have been made.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Adverse Trade Balance.
The answer contains a number of figures which I shall have circulated in the Official Report.
The following are the items of visible or invisible trade for the year 1934 as far as these items are known or have been estimated:—
|
INWARD OR CREDIT MOVEMENT (EXPORTS): |
£ |
|
Merchandise (including parcel post) |
18,605,000 |
|
Bullion and coin |
115,000 |
|
Emigrants' remittances |
2,225,000 |
|
Port receipts estimated at |
250,000 |
|
Estimated U.S.A. tourist expenditure |
400,000 |
|
Post, telegraph and telephone earnings |
92,000 |
|
Withdrawals from British Post Office Savings Bank and payment of dividend warrants |
258,000 |
|
Encashment of British Savings Certificates |
35,000 |
|
Diplomatic, consular and other expenditure in Saorstát Eireann by foreign countries |
77,000 |
|
Miscellaneous receipts (including pensions paid by British Government to persons residing in Saorstát Eireann and net receipts from Hospitals' Sweeps) |
5,990,000 |
|
OUTWARD OR DEBIT MOVEMENT (IMPORTS): |
|
|
Merchandise (including parcel post) |
39,122,000 |
|
Bullion and coin |
92,000 |
|
Post, telegraph and telephone payments |
187,000 |
|
Annuity paid to the British Government in respect of damage to property |
249,000 |
|
Travelling and passage money of overseas emigrants, estimated at |
45,000 |
|
League of Nations and representatives abroad |
59,000 |
|
Miscellaneous (including payments abroad by the Paymaster-General) |
103,000 |
The 1934 estimates for income from investments abroad and outgo from extern investments in Saorstát Eireann have not been included in the foregoing statement as these figures are still under investigation.