§ Mr. HANNONasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the value of the imports of the mandated territory of South-West Africa from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany, respectively, in the years 1928 and 1929; and if he will indicate any special measures adopted by His Majesty's Government to extend the trade of Great Britain in that territory
§ Mr. GILLETT, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 24th November, 1930; col. 865, Vol. 245], supplied the following statement
The value of imports into the mandated territory of South-West Africa was:
From the United Kingdom in 1928, £161,295—in 1929, £225,287.
From the United States of America in 1928, £145,706—in 1929, £176,584.
From Germany in 1928, £556,293—in 1929, £664,546.
His Majesty's Government in this country, as a special measure to assist exporters in the United Kingdom, arranged in 1929 for His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in the Union of South Africa to visit the mandated territory and prepare a report. It proved necessary, however, to postpone that visit, because of the more pressing need of sending one of the officers on the Senior Trade Commissioner's staff to report upon the trade of British West Africa early this year, and subsequently the two Trade Commissioners in the Union were largely occupied in connection with the Trade Mission which recently visited the Union and the two Rhodesias, under the leadership of Lord Kirkley. I hope that, with the opening of an additional Trade Commissioner post in Durban, it will be possible next year to give effect to the proposal that the Senior Trade Commissioner should visit the mandated territory.