§ Sir ALFRED YEOasked the Food Controller, seeing that the Government is enabled to buy tea f.o.b. at Colombo for 8⅛d. per lb., what profit they are making between the price quoted and the 2s. 8d. that the tea costs the public?
§ Major ASTORAt the present rate of exchange the f.o.b. price of tea at Colombo is almost exactly 10d. a lb. The profit or margin between the cost and selling prices is estimated to be about¼per lb.