HC Deb 12 July 1923 vol 166 cc1595-6W
Mr. MOREL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what proportion the Revenue derived from the export duties upon native produce in Nigeria and the Gold Coast has borne to the total revenue of those two dependencies since those duties were first imposed?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

Export duties on produce was first imposed in Nigeria and the Gold Coast in Octbober, 1916. Since then the proportion of the revenue from export duties to the total revenue is as follows:

(1) Nigeria.
Percentage.
1916 1.5
1917 9.7
1918 12.2
1919 13.4
1920 12.4
1921–22 13.3
1922–23 (11 months only) 15.2
(2) Gold Coast.
Percentage.
1916 1.7
1917 13
1918 10
1919 16
1920 15
1921–22 26