§ Mr. J. Hyndasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the present selling price of Kenya sisal; and the present rate of African wages on the sisal plantations.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd, pursuant to the reply given by Mr. Lyttelton, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, on 24th February [OFFICIAL REPORT, 24th February, 1954; Vol. 524, c. 385]: I regret that this reply was not entirely accurate. It should read as follows:
The price in London varies between £71 and £100 per ton c.i.f. according to quality. Of this, about £12 is the cost of freight and insurance. The average wage earned by a sisal cutter on a fair day's work is 60s. per month, plus free rations, housing, medical attention and welfare.