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75.
Mr. Thornton-Kemsley
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the exportable surplus of sugar for the 1946–47 season in Mauritius and Fiji, respectively; and to what countries in what quantities it has been exported.
Mr. Rees-Williams
During the 1946–7 season, the sugar referred to was shipped in accordance with allocations made by the International Emergency Food Council in the following amounts:
| Tons. | |
| Mauritius—Exportable surplus | 267,309 |
| Shipped to: | |
| British Indian Ocean and British Far Eastern importing Colonies | 147,107 |
| Persian Gulf | 34,194 |
| Principally to Middle Eastern Mandated territories and dependencies | 86,008 |
| Fiji—Exportable surplus | … | 106,552 |
| Shipped to: | ||
| Canada | … | 28,600 |
| New Zealand | … | 60,534 |
| United Kingdom | … | 17,418 |