§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) the figures for financial surpluses and balances for the Moshi Native Coffee Board, the Songea Native Tobacco Board, the Bukoba Native Coffee Board, the Arusha Native Coffee Board and the Cotton Lint and Seed Marketing Board in Tanganyika at the close of the 1955–56 financial year; and how these surpluses and balances have been disposed of in the case of those Boards whose functions have been drastically reduced or totally abrogated;
(2) the figures for surpluses and balances at the close of the 1957–58 financial year in the cases of the Arusha Native Coffee Board and the Cotton Lint and Seed Marketing Board in Tanganyika.
§ Mr. J. AmeryI am consulting the Governor of Tanganyika on these matters, and will circulate the information required in the Official Report when I receive his reply.