HC Deb 14 October 1908 vol 194 c298
MR. WEDGWOOD

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the abolition of the caravan tax in Northern Nigeria has been counter-balanced yet by the anticipated increase in land revenue in that Colony.

COLONEL SEELY

Actual figures are not available, but the Governor estimates that the land revenue will this year produce £41,000 more than in 1906–07, when the caravan tolls were abolished. The tolls were then bringing in about £33,000 a year.