§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of primary co-operative societies in Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda, respectively, marketing coffee, the total number of members and details of turnover of coffee in value and volume, in the various grades, and the total reserves, deposits, shares and borrowings, respectively, in each territory for each of the years 1950 to 1957, inclusive.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 1st July, 1958; Vol. 590, c. 77], supplied the following information:
I am circulating in the table below information about the primary co-operative societies marketing coffee in Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda. It is not possible to provide all the information requested for Kenya and Uganda without a detailed examination of the records of all primary societies marketing coffee in those territories. This would involve a diversion of staff from normal duties which the Governments would be reluctant to order.
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PRIMARY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES MARKETING COFFEE IN TANGANYIKA Year (1) Number of Societies (2) Number of Members (3) Turnover by value £s (4) Turnover by volume Tons (5) Reserves £s (6) Deposits £s (7) Share Capital £s (8) Borrowed Capital £s Arabica Mild Arabica Dried Cherry Arabica and Robusta Hard Arabica Mild Arabica Dried Cherry Arabica and Robusta Hard 1950 … … … 90 74,666 1,765,746 8,700 224,222 5,986 101 3,000 112,924 8,445 5,029 Nil 1951 … … … 98 81,997 1,991,636 55,041 730,102 6,289 338 3,489 185,638 75 11,750 16,549 1952 … … … 99 94,362 2,439,521 293,929 1,473,244 7,417 1,595 7,483 243,431 1,507 14,293 8,100 1953 … … … 103 110,291 1,520,717 1,728,299 3,615 6,992 386,840 4,905 17,652 5,385 1954 … … … 109 122,442 5,325,045 2,111,755 9,272 6,049 461,975 4,099 19,993 Nil 1955 … … … 119 133,800 3,542,594 3,477,409 8,267 8,953 536,067 6,842 51,212 Nil 1956 … … … 126 137,226 5,636,602 1,960,238 12,157 7,564 580,634 2,225 58,822 Nil 1957 … … … 135 147,372 4,842,975 2,562,871 9,368 8,894 587,731 4,843 73,674 3,158 NOTES: 1. Grades of Coffee. For grades, types are given. There are about 10 different grades of mild coffee and 8 of hard. Dried Cherry would lose 40 per cent. to 70 per cent. in hulling. For statistical purposes from 1953 figures for turnover by value and volume of Arabica Dried Cherry and Arabica Robusta Hard have been combined. 2. Value. For milds, the gross auction prices at Moshi. For hards, the gross auction prices at Mombasa. 3. Deposits. Secondary Societies run thrift or savings bank schemes. There are not many deposits with Primary Societies. 4. Borrowings. The figures are those appearing in balance sheets at the end of each financial year. Crop finance is normally provided by the commercial banks. 5. Membership. The number of members given is not necessarily the number of producers in any year. 6. Year. The years taken are for the seasons 1949–50 for 1950 etc.
PRIMARY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES MARKETING COFFEE IN UGANDA Year (1) Number of Societies (2) Number of Members (3) Turnover by Value £s (4) Turnover by Volume tons (5) Reserves (6) Deposits (7) Share Capital (8) Borrowed Capital Arabica (Parchment) Robusta Sundried Cherry Arabica (Parchment) Robusta Sundried Cherry 1950 … 33 — 22,125 13,216 384 479 — — — — 1951 … 36 — 115,660 136,977 1,090 3,009 — — — — 1952 … 45 — 172,810 278,310 1,030 5,097 — — — — 1953 … 51 — 441,149 533,748 1,545 4,853 — — — — 1954 … 65 — 1,112,240 230,735 2,770 2,097 — — — — 1955 … 79 — 1,988,738 916,504 6,712 7,432 — — — — 1956 … 80 — 1,365,784 644,798 4,150 7,358 — — — — 1957 … 80 — 1,475,336 1,016,027 5,226 12,855 — — — — NOTES: 1. Arabica (parchment) coffee is marketed by 80 (1957) coffee primary societies affiliated to the Bugisu Co-operative Union Ltd. Robusta coffee is marketed by other primary societies (not included in the above table), most of which deal in other crops in addition to coffee. 2. Membership, Reserves etc. The available statistics on membership, reserves, deposits and share and borrowed capital relate to all primary Co-operative Societies in Bugisu, of which about one-third produce crops other than coffee; no separate breakdown of this information in respect of societies marketing coffee only is available.