Oral Answers to Questions — British Cameroons (Harbour Facilities)

– in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 17 Rhagfyr 1947.

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Photo of Squadron Leader Samuel Segal Squadron Leader Samuel Segal , Preston 12:00, 17 Rhagfyr 1947

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any improved harbour, facilities are projected for the British Cameroons; and when these are likely to be completed.

Mr. Creech Jones:

The existing harbour facilities in the British Cameroons, which comprise a deep water wharf at Tiko, the property of the Cameroons Development Corporation, and a deep sea anchorage at Victoria, are considered ample for the existing volume of trade. Consideration has been given to a proposal to extend a wharf at Bota, owned by the Cameroons Development Corporation, to permit coastal vessels to berth alongside, but I am advised that the present volume of trade would not justify expenditure on the scale which would be involved by such an extension.