§ 67. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the average price per ton paid for copra in the Seychelles during the last five years; and the copra export tax paid on copra over the same period.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe average f.o.b. prices per long ton for the years 1951 to 1955, inclusive, were £84 9s., £60 9s., £75 0s., £76 4s. and £60 10s., respectively. Seychelles export tax was at 23½ per cent. of the f.o.b. price in 1951 and 1952, 5 per cent. in 1953 and 3 per cent. in 1954 and 1955.