§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what consultation took place with the Representative Member attached to the Agricultural Department and with the Chamber of Commerce, the Clove Growers' Association and the United Agriculturist Organisation in Zanzibar before the composition of the trade mission to India was arranged.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydOf the four members of the mission, one was nominated by the board of management of the Clove Growers' Association—the organisation which markets the clove crop—and the other three were accepted by that board. Direct consultation with the Chamber of Commerce was not considered necessary, as the views of members of the Chamber interested in the clove industry can be represented through the board of management of the Clove Growers' Association. As the problem with which the mission is concerned is commercial, not agricultural, its composition was not discussed with the Representative Member associated with agriculture, the Agricultural Department or the United Agriculturist Organisation.