§ Mr. PARKINSONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what countries and areas are included in the Congo basin; and whether there is any general agreement between the various authorities on a Customs cordon?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe area is defined by Article I of the General Act of Berlin in 1885, and includes the following territories:
- Belgian Congo,
- Nyasaland Protectorate,
- Tanganyika Territory,
- Uganda Protectorate,
- Kenya Colony and Protectorate, and
- Zanzibar Protectorate.
Parts of:
- Portuguese East Africa,
- Northern Rhodesia,
- Portuguese West Africa,
- French Equatorial Africa,
830 - The Sudan,
- Ethiopia,
- Italian Somaliland.
The reply to the second part of the question is in the negative.