HC Deb 28 January 1958 vol 581 cc51-2W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans in Tanganyika have been arrested for not carrying receipts for the payment of the personal tax of 10s. and the local government tax of 15s.; how many have been detained in police cells overnight; and in how many cases non-payment of the taxes has been proved.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

To obtain this information would demand a special search of the records of some 50 district courts and approximately 900 local courts in the territory, and I do not feel justified in asking the Governor to institute Rich extensive investigations.