§ 90. Mr. BRIANTasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the quantity of cocoa exported from the Gold Coast for the three years preceding the reduction by one-half of the export duty: and what was the quantity exported since such reduction?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe export duty on cocoa in the Gold Coast was reduced by half in August, 1922. I cannot supply separate figures for the months prior to and subsequent to the reduction, but the quantity of cocoa exported from the Gold Coast in 1919 was 176,176 tons: in 1920, 124,773 tons; in 1921, 133,195 tons. In the calendar year 1922, the quantity was 156,271 tons, and for the financial year from the 1st of April, 1922, to the 31st of March, 1923, the quantity is estimated to exceed 180,000 tons.