§ Sir P. FORDasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can obtain and publish in the mid-July Board of Trade Journal statistics showing the percentage fall in the wholesale price of Accra cocoa and also the percentage fall in retail prices of chocolate and cocoa powder for the dates May, 1930, and May, 1931?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHAs recorded in the "Statist," the average price of f.f. Accra cocoa, f.o.b. Gold Coast, was 33s. 1d. per cwt. in May, 1930, and 18s. 7d. per cwt. in May, 1931, a reduction of about 1½d. per lb. Information in possession of the Ministry of Labour indicates that the usual retail price of certain 1623W well-known standard proprietary brands of cocoa was 2s. per lb. in May, 1930, and 1s. 9d. per lb. in May, 1931, a reduction of 3d. per lb. The average retail price of loose cocoa was approximately 1s. per lb. on both dates. No information is collected officially as to the retail prices of chocolate. It would hardly seem necessary to republish this information in the Board of Trade Journal.