HC Deb 23 February 1944 vol 397 c819
31. Mr. Wootton-Davies

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the prices paid to native producers in British West Africa for palm oil, cocoa and ground nuts, respectively, now and in June, 1939, respectively.

Price 1939 (per ton). Price 1944 (per ton).
Palm Oil, Nigeria … … … Grade II naked ex scale port of shipment £7 12s. 6d. Grade II naked ex scale port of shipment £12 19s. 0d.
Cocoa, Gold Coast … … … Equivalent to naked ex scale port of shipment £15 17s. 4d. Equivalent to naked ex scale port of shipment £15 0s. 0d.
Cocoa, Nigeria … … … … Naked ex scale port of shipment £16 10s. 0d. Naked ex scale port of shipment £12 0s. 0d.
Groundnuts, Nigeria … … … Naked ex scale Kano £5 6s. 3d. Naked ex scale Kano £9 0s. 0d.
Groundnuts, Gambia … … … Naked ex scale port of shipment £5 0s. 0d. Naked ex scale port of shipment £8 13s. 6d.
The basis on which prices are fixed has since 1939 been altered in favour of the producers, so hat the figures given above for 1939 and 1944 are to that extent not strictly comparable