HC Deb 22 January 1948 vol 446 cc45-6W
18. Sir W. Smiles

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many tons of sisal, the property of his Department, have been stored in Tanganyika for more than six months; and how many tons have been already lost by rotting.

Mr. H. Wilson

On the latest information I have received there are about three months' stocks with the sisal estates on the Tanganyika central line on which there has been some congestion. The situation, however, is rapildy improving. I have no information to support the suggestion that many tons have been already lost by rotting, and no reports of this have been received.