HC Deb 13 April 1932 vol 264 cc829-30W
Mr. PARKINSON

asked 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-LISTER

The 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,
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  • The Sudan,
  • Ethiopia,
  • Italian Somaliland.

The reply to the second part of the question is in the negative.