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Cocoa, Cameroons.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ireland. – in the House of Commons am ar 25 Gorffennaf 1922.

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Photo of Mr Thomas Myers Mr Thomas Myers , Spen Valley

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asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the mandated area of the Cameroons is a cocoa-producing area; and whether any export duty has been placed upon cocoa?

Photo of Mr Winston Churchill Mr Winston Churchill , Dundee

Cocoa is produced On a considerable scale in the British sphere of the Cameroons, and there is an Export Duty of £2 6s. 8d. a ton on cocoa, as in Nigeria.

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