§ Mr. MORELasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the nature, quantities, and values of the exports of produce from Kenya (British East Africa) from 1909 to 1913, inclusive, and in 1920, 1921, and 1922; if he can render a separate statement as regards the years 1920, 1921, and 1922, showing the proportion of this produce which came from Uganda and from Kenya, respectively; and if he will state, as regards the years 1920, 1921, and 1922, the proportion of this produce grown by the natives on their own account and produced by hired native labour in European employ in Uganda and Kenya, respectively?
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TABLE A. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of quantity and approximate Values of Exports from Mombasa of Agricultural Produce of Kenya, for the periods January-December, 1914, and January-December, 1920, 1921 and 1922. — Quantity. Value (£). 1922. 1921. 1920. 1914. 1922. 1921. 1920. 1914. Bacon and Ham … Cwts. 925 736 — 1 5,849 8,250 — 7 Butter … … … lbs. 18,768 2,634 — — 886 234 — — Cheese … … … lbs. 22,314 7,462 — — 1,941 713 — — Cocoanuts … … No. 69,440 80,218 106,450 121,648 254 486 472 419 Coffee … … … Cwts. 77,902 98,987 106,386 4,462 279,722 379,107 392,507 13,049 Copra … … … Cwts. 13,960 4,702 10,250 19,685 14,252 5,301 12,187 19,535 Cotton … … … … 500 — — — 2,650 — — — Sisal … … … Cwts. 179,400 134,722 108,049 29,267 259,344 202,083 147,569 27,625 Flax … … … Cwts. 38,500 8,818 6,029 — 60,491 13,221 9,304 — Beans and Peas … … Cwts. 7,545 6,756 62,546 12,314 4,145 2,193 34,786 3,799 Ground Nuts … … Cwts. 21,403 4,204 1,790 916 22,091 3,263 2,489 599 Maize … … … Cwts. 387,718 52,365 335,408 32,434 146,106 14,762 113,973 6,880 Millet … … … Cwts. 2,537 1,698 8,152 7 1,157 941 3,369 2 Pulse … … … Cwts. 3,942 2,042 13,062 3,259 4,303 1,742 11,706 1,934 Wheat … … … Cwts. 386 121 908 — 424 102 928 — Miscellaneous Grains … Cwts. 1,931 3 141 342 1,311 11 87 156 Simsim Oil … … Gals. — 7,242 2,469 1,408 — 1,830 892 267 Potatoes … … … Cwts. 16,061 22,517 30,889 18,088 7,030 6,305 9,041 4,370 Plantation Rubber … … 188,133 33,294 — 41,347 1,237 2,002 — 2,763 Castor Seeds … … Cwts. — 1,205 — 126 — 675 — 59 Flax Seeds … … Cwts. 8,020 2,816 280 342 7,772 2,149 70 156 Tobacco … … … … 69 32 95 9 95 132 297 10 Wattle Bark … … … 9,414 — 9,025 1,335 2,708 — 6,780 509 Wool … … … … 5,660 1,807 3,351 1,965 30,111 12,919 21,110 9,044 Simsim … … … Cwts. 2,033 17,611 35,777 22,976 4,826 16,000 36,390 18,298
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREFor the years 1909–1913 I would refer the hon. Member to the Statistical Abstract issued by the Board of Trade. The annexed Table "A" shows the quantity and approximate values of produce from Kenya only during the years 1914 and 1920–1922. Table "B" shows the quantity and values of the exports of various articles of produce from Uganda for the 12 months, 1st April, 1914, to 31st March, 1915, and for the years ending 31st December, 1921 and 1921. I fear that it is not possible to furnish similar figures for 1922. Table "C" shows the statistics of agricultural produce sold by non-Europeans in Kenya during the period from 1st July to 30th June, 1920, 1921, and 1922, respectively. I regret that no statistics of the amount of native-grown produce in Uganda are available, but practically the whole of the exports detailed in the preceding Uganda tables are of native production, except in the case of coffee and rubber.
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TABLE B. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF EXPORTS FROM THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE. — 1st April, 1914–31st Mar., 1915. Year ended, 31st Dec., 1920. Year ended, 31st Dec., 1921. Quantity. £ Quantity. £ Quantity. £ Cotton, Ginned … … … Cwts. 107,139 320,486 186,381 3,919,453 290,592 1,281,357 Cotton, Unginned … … Cwts. 30,188 33,660 — — — — Coffee, Husked … … … Cwts. 2,103 5,542 36,808 129,901 44,682 89,452 Coffee, Parchment … … Cwts. 18,998 35,463 4,385 8,009 4,174 4,586 Coffee, Buni … … … Cwts. — — 1,919 3,361 — — Rubber, Plantation … … Lbs. 22,056 1,838 446,427 32,521 74,002 4,441 Cacao … … … … Cwts. — — 1,235 4,933 329 1,475 Chillies … … … … Cwts. 5,116 5,835 4,535 14,176 7,355 30,213 Ground Nuts … … … Cwts. 156 76 248 359 44 35 Cotton Seed … … … Cwts. 180,334 18,172 47,232 10,873 97,311 22,113 Castor Seed … … … Cwts. — — 7,763 828 269 302 Simsim Seed … … … Cwts. 8,514 4,764 42,992 69,365 20,060 18,907 Simsim Oil … … … 3 6 3 19 12 47 Cotton Seed Oil … … Galls. 21 25 257 1,150 — — Ghee (Clarified Butter) … Galls. 4,693 12,264 1,744 9,539 481 2,075 Gaggree (Unrefined Sugar) … 265 159 777 1,226 2,593 4,341
APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE SOLD BY NON-EUROPEANS during the periods July 1st to June 30th, 1920, 1921 and 1922. Quantities expressed in loads of 60 pounds. — 1920. 1921. 1922. Maize … … … … 2,522,582 3,101,817 1,262,377 Sorghums Millets … … … 1,569,436 2,425,949 660,457 Simsim … … … … 69,401 157,299 157,600 Rice … … … … … 15,599 22,721 12,518 Miscellaneous Grains … … 1,643,718 1,823,821 141,450 Other Pulse Crops … … … 263,934 260,758 3,156 Beans … … … … 416,383 380,425 118,000 Peas … … … … … 4,397 11,417 4,350 Potatoes … … … … 106,629 23,390 475,696 Sweet Potatoes … … … 431,014 903,939 53,450 Ground Nuts … … … 1,350 2,001 4,800 Cassava … … … … 6,050 35,050 39,325 Cotton … … … … 1,000,000 600,654 500,350 Bananas … … … … 5,114,591 5,250,159 241,800 Castor Bean … … … … — — 1,000 Chillies … … … … — — 51 Sugar Cane … … … … — — 5,000