HC Deb 25 July 1922 vol 157 cc188-9
13. Mr. MYERS

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the mandated area of the Cameroons is a cocoa-producing area; and whether any export duty has been placed upon cocoa?

Mr. CHURCHILL

Cocoa is produced On a considerable scale in the British sphere of the Cameroons, and there is an Export Duty of £2 6s. 8d. a ton on cocoa, as in Nigeria.