Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

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Identifikator:: 1738588467

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-115043

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Title:: Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

Place of publication:: Nairobi

Publisher:: East African Standard

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: VI, 337 Seiten; Ill.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. General

Collection:: Economics Books

PART V. 27] territories as it was able to use oxen for transport purposes and undoubtedly for the movement of produce of ordinary value, it was a great advantage to possess ox transport. With regard to the suggestions made by Mr. Kirby, he noticed that Mr. Kirby wisely used the word ** aids '’; the position in Kenya was that motor lorries did come in free of Customs duty. The other aspect of the case had been discussed by the Economic and Finance Committee and evidence had been brought before that Committee which indicated that the prime cost of fuel oils landed at Mombasa, compared not unfavourably with the price at which similar fuel oils were landed at South African ports. They, therefore, did not see that a case could be made against the supplying companies, having regard to the conditions under which they had to supply the oil; but it was noted that the railway freight rates represented a considerable proportion of the cost and that there was an enhanced cost in supplying the oil to the consumer by the manner in which it was supplied. With regard to the railway rates, he stated that as far as the Kenya and Uganda Railway was concerned the rates compared favourably with the South African rates and that if the administration reduced the class rates, say by two classes, on petrol and kerosene, it would lose a revenue approximately of £50,000 or £60,000 a year. The Economic and Finance Committee recommended that the Railway Administra- tion should consider the reduction of the rates. Substantial help could also be afforded through carriage of oils in bulk and installations for supply in bulk instead of in tins. One company in particular was interesting itself in the provision of bulk supplies at important centres and the Railway Administration was offering the necessary facilities. It was hoped in that way, to some extent anyway, that the cost of fuel oils would be reduced. The other suggestion made by the Economic and Finance Committee dealt with the Customs and Excise duties. One had to look at the subject from the different points of view. If the Customs duty on petrol or kerosene, or both was reduced a large amount of revenue would be lost and it was not considered practicable to reduce it on petrol and kerosene used for agricultural purposes without reducing it for the whole community and a large percentage of the total consumption of these oils was used for other than agricultural purposes. The Economic and Finance Committee had made a recommendation that the excise duty on petrol should be removed and that the revenue derived therefrom should be obtained in another way, with exemption of agricultural tractors used on farms. Mr. KIRBY stated that transport by mechanica. means was important in Tanganyika owing to the existence of tsetse fly which prevented the use of oxen, but that what Mr. Holm had said with regard to the position in Kenya cleared the matter up. Mr. MILLIGAN said that trials had been made by a special Committee of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation with various types of road transport. That Committee came to the conclusion that the semi-caterpillar type of tractor was the most suitable for colonial conditions. Further trials were now being undertaken in Northern Nigeria to decide between indiarubber and metal tracks. > 2

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