HC Deb 25 October 1956 vol 558 cc73-4W
68. Mr. F. Willey

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he proposes to visit the Gold Coast.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I have no present plans for visiting the Gold Coast.

The instructions for the preparation of these reports require allowances to be made for shedded grain or grain which cannot be harvested, but not for moisture content. This has been the basis of all crop estimates over a number of years and is the one on which the five-year average is computed.

Figures for the last five years compared with the estimates for 1956 are as follows :