§ 79. Sir H. CRAIKasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can state, for the years from 1914 to 1919, the tonnage of the exports of raw cocoa from the Gold Coast Colony to the United Kingdom, and the corresponding figures of raw cocoa exported to the United States from the same source?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYThe exports from the Gold Coast to this country from 1914 to 1918, both years inclusive, are as follows:—28,672 tons, 51,711 tons, 37,485 tons, 40,553 ions, and 30,606 tons. The exports to the United States during the same period were:—2 tons, 4,515 tons, 9,370 tons, 29,307 tons, and 31,384 tons. Detailed figures for 1919 are not yet available.
§ Sir H. CRAIKAm I right in inferring that the almost infinitesimal amount exported in 1914 to the United States has grown to a larger amount now than that exported to Great Britain?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYYes. In 1918 the actual amount sent to the United States of America was somewhat greater than that sent to Great Britain. My hon. Friend will remember that the shipping position during the War naturally tended to divert trade from this country to the United States.