§ Mr. MILLARasked the Secretary to the Board of Trade if he can state the amounts of spirits imported into the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Nigeria during the year 1916, giving in each case the countries of origin?
Mr. ROBERTSParticulars with regard to 1916 are not yet available, but the following statement gives the desired particulars for 1915:—
QUANTITIES of Spirits imported into Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia during the year 1915:—
Countries whence consigned. Imported into Nigeria. Imported into the Gold Coast. Im. Galls. Im. Galls. United Kingdom 115,975 80,711 Germany 5,012 3,081 Cameroons 4 — Togoland — 1,043 Holland 1,848,582 553,125 France 820 1,719 French West Africa 44 — Spain 171 — Canary Islands — 20,543 Spanish West Africa 1,721 — Italy 5 — United States 604 874,735 Jamaica — — Total 1,972,938 1,534,957 Imported into Sierra Leone. Imported into Gambia. Im. Galls. Im. Galls. United Kingdom 91,263 4,625 Germany 1,992 — Cameroons — — Togoland — — Holland 198,272 8,934 France 2,239 1,385 French West Africa 834 — Spain — — Canary Islands 392 — Spanish West Africa — — Italy — — United States 493 1,603 Jamaica 115 — Total 295,600 16,547