§ 14. Mr. LINFIELDasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received information as to the amount spent upon education per head of the population in Northern Rhodesia?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GORENo direct expenditure is incurred by the British South Africa Company upon native education in Northern Rhodesia, but 10 per cent. of the tax collection in the portion of the territory formerly known as Barotseland—North Western Rhodesia—is set aside annually and after payment of a subsidy to the paramount chief, the balance of the sum so set aside is applied for the direct benefit of the natives on purposes which include the maintenance of a school in Barotseland for education or industrial training. The expenditure for this purpose for the year 1920–21 was £5,586. The total native population of Northern Rhodesia is roughly estimated at a little under a million. The total revenue of Northern Rhodesia for the year 1920–21 amounted to £235,304, and the total expenditure to £331,884, so that there was a deficit on the year's working of £96,580.