HC Deb 20 July 1956 vol 556 cc115-6W
Mrs. Slater

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give the name of the co-operative which owns the Kasamwa Ginnery in the Lake Province of Tanganyika, the size of its membership and the cost of the ginnery.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The Kasamwa Ginnery is owned by the Vctoria Federation of Co-operative Unions Limited. The federation comprises 12 co-operative unions and 195 primary societies with a total membership of approximately 90,000 growers. The cost of the ginnery is estimated at £87,000