§ 26. Sir L. Plummerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the purchasing power of the British Guiana dollar in 1945 and 1953 in relation to 1938.
§ Mr. LytteltonThe internal purchasing power of the dollar is estimated to have fallen by 1945 to 64 per cent. of its 1938 value, and by mid-1953 to 37 per cent. of its 1938 value.
§ Sir L. PlummerHas there been a corresponding increase in wages for industrial sugar workers in the Colony?
§ Mr. LytteltonThere have been very large increases. For example, the average weekly cash earnings of field workers on sugar plantations were more than twice those in 1945.