§ Mr. Rileyasked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can make a statement regarding the imposition by the Southern Rhodesian Government of a £10 annual licence on itinerant hawkers and pedlars; and what are the grounds of justification for the imposition of such a prohibitive licence on African pedlars?
§ Mr. ShakespeareThe annual charge of £10 for a hawker's licence has been in force in Southern Rhodesia for a very considerable period of years, and my Noble Friend has no information before him to suggest that the fee is regarded as a prohibitive one. A hawker's licence is not required for the sale of goods which are the growth or produce of the Colony, or which are manufactured locally from such produce.