§ 75. Lieut.-Colonel Corbettasked ale Secretary of State for the Colonies the total quantity of sugar produced in Nigeria in 1938, 1945 and 1946; and how it was disposed of.
Mr. Creech JonesSugar production in Nigeria is a village industry and all the sugar produced, apart from some experimental production, is uncrystallised and unrefined and is consumed locally. A certain amount was purchased by the military forces during the war. Only very rough estimates of production are available, 1938 production being estimated at ten tons and 1945 at eighteen hundred tons. I have no figures for 1946.