§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the principal crops marketed by co-operative societies in Tanganyika, the value of each of these crops in each year from 1948 to the latest available year and the percentages of the total crop which these figures represent;
(2) whether he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the principal crops marketed by co-operative societies in Uganda, the value of each of these crops in each year from 1948 to the latest available year and the percentages
ANNUAL VALUE OF TURNOVER OF THE SOCIETIES, BY CROPS £ thousand Year* 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Coffee … 887 578 2,098 2,777 4,255 3,249 7,437 7,020 7,597 Cotton (Seed) … — — — — — 150 170 1,164 1,964 Tobacco … 42 42 118 115 63 48 32 76 49 Rice … 18 18 41 51 27 59 158 149 146 Maize … — — — 1 22 22 12 45 124 Wheat … 32 80 77 165 2 — — — * Figures relate to the turnover of the societies in the financial year terminating at different times within the calendar year or on the 31st December of the previous year.
ANNUAL VOLUME OF TURNOVER OF SOCIETIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL PRODUCTION, BY CROPS Percentage — 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Coffee … 47 32 55 58 90 73 70 90 95 Cotton (Seed) … — — — — — 10 5 20* 35* Tobacco … 20 18 21 29 22 14 6 24 15 Rice … 4.5 7.5 Not available 4.5 2.5 6.5 10.5 Not available Maize† … — — — — .2 .2 .1 Not available Wheat … 46 44 45 96 1 — — — 1 * Approximate figures. † Annual volume of turnover as a percentage of of maize, millets estimated annual production and sorghums. The information requested relating to Uganda is as follows:
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ANNUAL VALUE OF TURNOVER OF THE SOCIETIES, BY CROPS £ thousand Year 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Coffee … … 19 14 35 253 451 975 1,343 2,905 Cotton (seed) … … 13 53 149 331 593 824 1,135 1,194 Maize … … 17 26 23 20 16 31 91 36 Tobacco … … — — — 3 8 8 13 27 of the total crop which these figures represent;
(3) whether he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the principal crops marketed by African cooperative societies in Kenya, the value of each of these crops in each year from 1948 to the latest available year and the percentages of the total crops which these figures re-present.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his reply, [OFFICIAL REPORT, Friday, 20th December, 1957: Vol. 580, c. 116], supplied the following information:—
The information requested relating to Tanganyika is as follows:
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ANNUAL VOLUME OF TURNOVER OF SOCIETIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VOLUME OF CROP MARKETED Percentage Year 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Coffee … … 1 1 1 5 9 10 8 13 Cotton (Seed)* … … .4 .7 2 3.3 4.7 7.7 8.8 11.0 Maize … … 6 8 10 15 11 1.5† 7† 8† Tobacco … … — — — 1.5 4 5 4.5 5.5 * Figures are of annual volume of turnover as a proportion of volume of seed cotton marketed in the crop years 1947–48 to 1954–55. † Estimated. The information requested relating to Kenya is as follows:
I. ANNUAL VALUE OF TURNOVER OF AFRICAN PRODUCE MARKETING SOCIETIES, BY CROPS £ thousand Year 1948–1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Coffee … Not available 18.5 129 279 365 409 General produce* … Not available 35 57 145 114 110† Pyrethrum … Not available 1 20 50 61 62 Pineapples … Not available Not available 30‡ 29 20 27 * Mainly maize and wheat. † Separate figures for individual cereal crops are not available before 1956. In 1956 sales of maize accounted for approximately 75 per cent. of this figure, those of wheat for approximately 20 per cent. and those of rice for 1.5 per cent. ‡ Approximate.
II. ANNUAL VOLUME OF TURNOVER OF AFRICAN PRODUCE MARKETING SOCIETIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VOLUME OF CROP MARKETED Percentage Year 1948–1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Coffee … … Not available — 2* 5* 4* 3* Pyrethrum … … Not available — 4 8 8 9 Pineapples … … Not available * Volume of turnover as a percentage of volume of exports. In 1956 African produce marketing societies handled the equivalent of 3.5 per cent. of the marketed 1955–56 maize crop, 5 per cent. of the marketed wheat crop and 1.5 per cent. of the marketed rice crop.