ISLAND OF NIULAKITA

HC Deb 25 January 1951 vol 483 cc51-2W

Mr. Gammans

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the population of the island of Niulakita at the time consideration was given to selling it to the Niutao Co-operative Society.

Mr. J. Griffiths

There is no indigenous population on the island of Niulakita. There is a Government Copra plantation there worked by imported labour from the island of Niutao.