§ 88. Mr. Murrayasked the Minister of Food what steps are being taken by his Department to obtain an adequate supply of imported canned fruits, such as pears, apricots, pineapple and peaches; how many cases will be available of each variety; and when.
§ Mr. F. WilleyWe have already made arrangements to get as much as possible of the coming season's exportable surplus12W from Australia, South Africa, Malaya, the Gold Coast and Formosa, and we are now discussing grapefruit with Jamaica and British Honduras. At least two million cases of canned fruits (about 40,000 tons) should arrive during 1950, but I cannot say accurately how this will be divided between the different varieties.