asked the Taoiseach if he will state for each year from 1943 the total amount of (a) granite and (b) limestone produced in the State for building purposes and the average price.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Granite and Limestone.
The precise information required by the Deputy in respect of granite is not available but, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the amount and average price per ton of (a) granite, achitectural and monumental, quarried in each of the years 1943-1948, inclusive, and (b) limestone, for building, quarried in each of the years 1946-1948, inclusive.
QUANTITY and average price per ton of (a) granite, architectural and monumental and (b) limestone, for building quarried in each of the years 1943-1948, inclusive.
|
Year |
Granite, architectural and monumental |
Limestone, for building |
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|
Quantity |
Average price per ton |
Quantity |
Average price per ton |
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|
Ton |
£ |
s. |
d. |
Ton |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
1943 |
105 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
* |
* |
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|
1944 |
320 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
* |
* |
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|
1945 |
275 |
8 |
14 |
2 |
* |
* |
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|
1946 |
807 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
34,206 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
|
1947 |
352 |
10 |
19 |
0 |
46,461 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
|
1948 |
1,070 |
14 |
16 |
9 |
28,409 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
*Not available.