§ 46. Mr. Harold Daviesasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will, in the next issue of the Overseas Economic Survey of Malaya, include figures of the capital of companies incorporated outside of the Federation of Malaya with investments in tin mines and dredges in Malaya; and what they are at present.
Mr. P. ThomeycroftThe hon. Member's suggestion and his request for information have been referred to the 197W United Kingdom Trade Commissioner in Malaya, who is responsible for the preparation of the Survey. I will write to the hon. Member when a reply has been received.
§ 47. Mr. Harold Daviesasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that, on page 81 of the Overseas Economic Survey of Malaya, published by his Department, the United Kingdom's investments in the rubber estates is shown as 331.4 million Straits dollars and Hawaii comes next with 320.2 million dollars; and how this error came to be made.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftI am aware of the error to which the hon. Member refers. The Overseas Economic Survey of Malaya was published on 29th February last. The correct figure for Hawaii is 0.5 million Straits dollars. A correction of the error was published on page 801 of the Board of Trade Journal of 19th April, and an amending slip was inserted in all unsold copies of the Survey.