HC Deb 20 December 1955 vol 547 cc305-6W
Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give a list of the marketing boards in Nyasaland that were functioning before Central African Federation took place, giving the number of Africans upon each board, respectively; and how many of these still remain under territorial jurisdiction.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

They are:

  1. (1) The African Tobacco Board.
  2. (2) The Cotton Marketing Board.
  3. (3) The Produce Marketing Board.

All remain within the sphere of territorial responsibility. They are shortly to be combined into one Agricultural Production and Marketing Board. African membership of these three Boards is four, four and one respectively.