asked the Taoiseach if he will give any further details now available in the economic series since the last figures were published.
Written Answers. - Economic Series.
21.
It is assumed that the Deputy requires the information now available which was not ready in time for the last issue, on 8 April, 1963, of the stencilled document Economic Series 1961-63. The following are the particulars required:
|
Series |
Year |
Unit |
January |
February |
March |
|
1 Imports |
1963 |
£ mill. |
21.95 |
22.18* |
25.29* |
|
2 Total Exports |
1963 |
£ mill. |
13.88 |
13.51* |
15.93* |
|
3 Import Excess |
1963 |
£ mill. |
8.08 |
8.68* |
9.35* |
|
9 Exports of Cattle |
1963 |
No.(000) |
45.32 |
||
|
10 Exports of Tinned Beef |
1963 |
cwt(000) |
14.02 |
||
|
11 Exports of Beef, fresh, chilled or frozen |
1963 |
cwt.(000) |
99.18 |
||
|
14 Electricity—monthly output of ESB Generating Stations |
1963 |
K.W.H.mill. |
320.44 |
276.93 |
255.05 |
|
41 Post Office Savings Bank and Savings Certificates |
1963 |
£(000) |
863.7 |
||
|
44 Total Railway Receipts— |
1962† |
£ |
130.4 |
146.5 |
153.6 |
|
Average Weekly Figure |
1963 |
(000) |
138.3 |
135.9 |
158.1 |
|
48 Shipping—External Trade— |
1963 |
Ton |
579 |
||
|
Net Tonnage of arrivals (with cargoes). |
(000) |
||||
|
49 Shipping—External Trade— |
1963 |
Ton |
407 |
||
|
Net Tonnage of departures (with cargoes). |
(000) |
||||
|
50 Net Passenger Movement by Sea. |
1963 |
No.(000) |
-12.98 |
-0.63 |
-1.67 |
|
52 Housing—State-aided Schemes, Number of new Houses built by private persons and public utility societies. |
1963 |
No. |
377 |
308 |
|
|
53 Housing—State-aided Schemes, Number of Houses reconstructed. |
1963 |
No. |
695 |
691 |
|
|
54 Housing—State-aided Schemes. Total Number of new Houses built. |
1963 |
No. |
564 |
474 |
|
|
56 Live Register-Total at end of month. |
1963 |
No.(000) |
69.7 |
65.5 |
58.5 |
|
57 Live Register—Percentage of insured persons on Live Register at mid-month. |
1963 |
Percentage |
7.6 |
7.9 |
7.1 |
|
58 Unemployment Benefit Claims current at end of month. |
1963 |
No.(000) |
43.35 |
38.64 |
32.96 |
|
59 Unemployment Benefit—Weekly amounts expended |
1963 |
£(000) |
106.80 |
105.94 |
86.12 |
|
Per 1,000 estimated population |
Average |
4th Quarter |
|||
|
62 Marriage Rates |
1962 |
5.5 |
4.4 |
||
|
63 Birth Rates |
1962 |
21.8 |
20.3 |
||
|
64 Death Rates |
1962 |
11.9 |
10.7 |
* Provisional.
† For explanatory note see December, 1958 issue of Irish Trade Journal.
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