§ 5. Mr. JOHNasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why, Since a subsidy of £145,000 was granted to the sugar industry in Trinidad in 1930, a similar subsidy has not been granted to the sugar industry of Tobago, where similar conditions prevail and the same request has been made; and what are the reasons for this difference in treatment?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERTrinidad and Tobago Ordinance No. 15 of 1930, under which assistance by way of loans was granted to the sugar industry, applied to the Colony as a whole. The object of this Ordinance was to enable owners of sugar plantations to secure advances at the rate of £2 per ton on all sugar exported during 1930 and in this way enable them to carry on their industry during the following year, and I am not aware of any differentiation against owners in Tobago who complied with the conditions prescribed by the Ordinance.