13 MARCH 1909, Page 13

{To TRII EDITOR OP TUB " SPECTAT0101 . SIR,—With reference to

the questions asked on Monday night in the House of Commons concerning cocoa grown in the Portuguese colonies of West Africa, and in view of the growing public interest in this question, will you permit me to state that Messrs. Suchard have not bought or used any of this cocoa for the manufacture of their chocolates and cocoas for a period of more than two years now P—I am, Sir, &c., ALF. BRAUER,

Sole Importer of Suchard's Chocolates and Cocoa.