asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether he will state (1) the quantity and value of skins exported from Saorstát Eireann during 1929; (2) the quantity and value of leather (various classes) imported during the same period; (3) the approximate proportion of the imports and exports which passed through the port of Dublin; and (4) the number of existing tanneries in Saorstát Eireann, and approximate output in 1929.
Written Answers. - Export of Skins and Import of Leather.
The following are the quantities and values of hides and skins exported from Saorstát Eireann during the year 1929, and the quantities and values of leather undressed and dressed imported into Saorstát Eireann during the same year.
(1) Quantities and Values of Hides and Skins exported from Saorstát Eireann during the year 1929.
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Unit of Quantity |
Quantity |
Value |
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£ |
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HIDES:— |
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Cattle Hides:— |
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Calf Hides |
Cwt. |
5,868 |
18,818 |
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Kips |
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3,700 |
10,803 |
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Other Cattle Hides |
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85,318 |
266,105 |
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Horse Hides |
,, |
2,207 |
4,288 |
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Other Sorts |
,, |
322 |
572 |
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SKINS:— |
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Sheep Skins with wool left on |
Cwt. |
32,022 |
166,326 |
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Pelts (i.e., sheep skins with wool off) |
,, |
28,944 |
69,548 |
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Lamb Skins with wool left on |
,, |
6,875 |
20,254 |
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Lamb Skins with wool off |
,, |
1,115 |
2,422 |
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Goat and Kid Skins |
No. |
130,279 |
10,197 |
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Rabbit Skins |
,, |
1,355,565 |
39,380 |
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Other Sorts |
,, |
4,965 |
2,171 |
(2) Quantities and Values of Leather Undressed and Dressed, imported into Saorstát Eireann during the year 1929.
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Quantity |
Value |
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Cwt. |
£ |
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LEATHER, UNDRESSED:— |
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Hides Tanned:— |
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For Sole leather |
32,371 |
280,012 |
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For other purposes |
1,757 |
14,605 |
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Skins Tanned |
11 |
172 |
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LEATHER, DRESSED:— |
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Upper Leather (other than patent, varnished, japanned and enamelled) |
6,135 |
89,405 |
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Hide, Calf and Kip (other than Upper Leather) |
305 |
4,293 |
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Patent, varnished, japanned and enamelled |
54 |
2,195 |
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Other Sorts |
2,283 |
33,574 |
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TOTAL LEATHER |
42,916 |
424,256 |
It is estimated that approximately 60 per cent. of the cattle hides and sheep skins, and 85 per cent. of the rabbit skins were exported through the Port of Dublin, and that 35 per cent. of the leather was imported through the Port of Dublin during the year 1929. Particulars are not available showing the output of tanneries in the Saorstát during the year 1929. According to the Census of Production, 1926, there were four tanneries at work in the Saorstát, whose total output of leather in that year amounted to 2,749 cwts.