HC Deb 14 November 1927 vol 210 cc614-5
23. Sir PHILIP RICHARDSON

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that in the Rungwe and other districts of Tanganyika the unrestricted freehold of large tracts of land has been either restored to or granted to German missions, and that the missions are disposing of such land to their fellow countrymen for settlement purposes; and what steps does he propose to take to prevent the commercialisation of land donated for other purposes and to secure for British settlers every facility to acquire the best lands upon at least as favourable terms as those upon which lands can be acquired by non-British settlers?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

No freehold land has been either restored or granted to German missions in Tanganyika Territory.