§ Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) in view of the fact that the Nigerian Groundnut Marketing Board, having the monopoly of the export sale, now obtains £53 per ton c.i.f. in the United Kingdom, what is the fixed price it is now agreed shall be paid to the Nigerian grower; and to what purpose is the difference in price devoted:
201W(2) in view of the fact that the drought conditions of 1949 have resulted in an abnormally of 1949 have resulted in an abnormally short crop of Nigerian groundnuts of some 180,000 tons, thus enabling the previous stocks, and that of last year, to be railed to the ports before October when the 1950 crop will be delivered, for what reason has the Nigerian Marketing Board reduced the price to be paid to the farmer by 24s. a ton.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to my reply of 1st May, and to paragraphs 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the copy of the Nigera Gazette of 9th March then sent him. The Annual Report and Accounts of the Board referred in that reply have not yet been published.