§ 15. Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the estimated yield of cotton grown in Uganda and Nigeria, respectively, this season; and what were the figures for the 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons for each territory.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsCotton yields in Uganda for the 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons were 392,000 and 342,000 bales respectively; the yield for the 1950–51 season, when weather conditions were very unfavourable, is estimated at 300,000 bales. The Nigerian exportable surplus for the 1948–49 season was 51,000 bales; the estimated exportable surpluses for the 1949–50 and the 1950–51 seasons are 60,000 and 71.000 bales respectively.