§ 92. Sir B. Neven-Spenceasked the President of the Board of Trade, on what grounds the price of Nigerian rubber has been fixed at is. 2d. a pound, compared with 10d. a pound for Malayan rubber and is. 6d. a pound for Ceylon rubber.
§ Mr. BelcherThe price of is. 2d. a pound for Nigerian rubber, which is an f.o.b. price, was, like the Ceylon price, fixed during the war with the object of encouraging maximum production which it has done.