London, Jan, 16.
Striking facts and figures abou Britain's food supplies are contained ina Blue Book issued to-day.
Dealing with the changes between pre-War and post-War supplies, the Ministry of Agriculture adopts for, Purposes, of comparison 1905 ty 1914, and 1919 to 1927 respectively, representing the periods for which accurate statistics are most readily available.
The most notable fact emerging from the analysis is the extent which the Dominion supplies food have been increased," There has been a substantial increase in receipts of wheat from British eountrio ite the diminution in the contribution from Home grown wheat the proportion of the total supply derived from Empire soureas. in the post-War period exceeds 60 per cent. compared with 50 per cent. in the pre-War peried. Empire barley consignments to Britain have multiplied four times. There are heavy decreases in imports from foreign countries. Foreign consignments of meat to Britain, however, have increased—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.