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Oral Answers to Questions — Zanzibar (Clove Industry).

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 1 July 1935.

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Photo of Mr Harcourt Johnstone Mr Harcourt Johnstone , South Shields

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asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is now in a position to state the result of the representations made by the India Office to the Colonial Office regarding the recent legislation affecting the clove industry in Zanzibar?

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