§ MR. HERBERT SAMUELTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the rates of import duty on agricultural implements and industrial machines in Gambia, the Cold Coast, Sierra Leone, and Lagos, respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) Agricultural implements and industrial machinery are exempt from duty in the Gambia, the Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone. In Lagos an Ordinance has been passed exempting agricultural implements and machinery from the JO per cent. ad valorem duty which has hitherto existed, and steps are being taken to extend to all industrial machinery the exemption from the same duty which has hitherto been granted only in the case of mining and sawing machinery.