§ 24. Mr. Hurdasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has now received information about the import of maize and other feedingstuffs into Gambia; and what request for these supplies was made by the Colonial Development Corporation owing to the poor yield of crops on land planted under the Corporation's poultry project scheme.
Mr. DugdaleThere were no imports of maize into the Gambia during the past 12 months. Imports of other feeding-stuffs, mainly corn, were 511 tons, valued at £14,600. As regards the second part of the Question, it is not the practice to give figures relating to individual importers, but I understand that a proportion of these supplies were on account of the Colonial Development Corporation.
§ Mr. HurdMay we take it that our £800,000 poultry farm in the Gambia will very soon be on a self-supporting basis?