22. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked whether Mr. Easmon, M.B., B.S. London, M.R.C.S. (England), L.R.C.P. (London), and until recently house surgeon to the Huntingdon County Hospital, has recently applied for an appointment in the Gold Coast medical service; and, if so, whether this gentleman's application has been rejected because he is a person of native African descent?
Mr. HARCOURTDr. Easmon recently applied for an appointment in the West African Medical Staff. My hon. Friend is correctly informed as to the reason for his not being selected, as only candidates of European parentage are eligible under the Regulations.
23. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked whether Great Britain alone amongst the West African colonising Powers refuses to accept fully qualified medical men in Government service on the ground of colour?
Mr. HARCOURTI am not aware on what grounds my hon. Friend suggests that other West African colonising Powers do not refuse to appoint medical men of African descent; but he is under a misapprehension with regard to the British Colonial Administration in West Africa, two of which do employ medical men who are natives of the Coast.