§ Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what the Government
16Wprisons, African housing, African education and rural development for the years 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, and 1960–61, respectively.
§ Mr. ProfumoThe following is the information:
of Zanzibar is doing to encourage alternative crops to that of cloves.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Zanzibar Government have long recognised the need to introduce new export crops and also to increase the domestic output of agricultural products which are at present largely imported. Experiments with a large number of crops have been conducted and the agronomy of the more promising ones studied in detail on the various experimental stations and demonstration plots. Some, notably derris, chillies, coffee and citrus fruit, have been demonstrated to the public, planting material has been produced in quantity and every encouragement, including the issue in some cases of free seedlings, given to growers to plant these crops. I hope that greater use will be made in Zanzibar of these services provided by the Government.