Mr. SANDEMANasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what the acreage under the cultivation of cotton was in the various cotton-growing Protectorates 966W and Colonies in Africa for the years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924, with the approximate yield per acre?
§ Mr. AMERYI regret that figures of the acreage under cotton cultivation are not available in respect of all the Colonies and Protectorates in Africa for the years in question. The subjoined table gives such particulars as are available, without reference to the Governments concerned. In some cases, as in Nigeria, where cotton is grown in innumerable small patches by the natives, no accurate statistics could be supplied:
— Acres. Approximate yield per acre (in centals of 100 lbs). Uganda. Ginned cotton. 1919 163,846 .98 1920 270,091 1.27 1921 170,891 1.20 1922 345,000 1.13 1923 418,609 1.02 1924 518,000 1.23 1925 — 1.29 Northern Rhodesia. 1919 589 .51 1920 57 .49 1921 295 1.08 1922 — — 1923 2,331 .81 1924 — — Nyasaland (European cultivation only. No figures for native acreage). 1919 12,658 — 1920 18,274 .63 1921 26,259 .60 1922 27,750 .69 1923 20,948 .47 1924 — —