§ 18. Mr. Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether consideration has been given to the possibility of growing carnauba and curicuri wax within the Colonial Empire; and what action is contemplated.
Mr. Creech JonesI believe that the carnauba palm has been grown in Tanganyika, British Guiana and Malaya but curicuri wax is nowhere known in the Colonial Empire. My Department is in touch with a Tanganyika planter who contemplates marketing carnauba wax, but there are at present no other plans for extending cultivation of these palms, which the hon. Member will realise do not start to produce wax until many years after planting.