§ 67. Mr. Alportasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amount of revenue raised during the last financial year by the Nyasaland Government from the tobacco and tea export taxes; and whether alternative sources of revenue are available which would not interfere with the development of these two important producing industries.
§ Mr. CookThe export tax on tobacco produced £186,000 in 1949 and that on tea £89,000. There are no alternative sources of revenue which the Nyasaland Government would regard as preferable to these taxes; and I do not accept the inference in the last part of the question.