§ 45. Captain STRICKLANDasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the fact that the Government of Palestine at present possesses a surplus of some £5,000,000 and that the maintenance of the territory's prosperity depends to a substantial extent on the expansion of the markets for Palestinian citrus fruit, he will consider the desirability of permitting the administration to participate in a scheme for the large-scale advertising abroad of this fruit?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister)The Government of Palestine already participates in an advertising scheme of the kind mentioned by my hon. and gallant Friend, by making advances free of interest. Any proposals for the extension of the scheme would be matters for the Palestine Government to consider in the first place at the request of the industry itself.