§ 26. Mr. McSHANE (for Dr. MORGAN)asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the amending Bill to the Ordinance No. 36 of 1930 in the Crown Colony of Trinidad has yet reached the Colonial Office; what were the reasons for objecting to Ordinance No. 36 of 1930 as originally passed by the island council; and whether the amending Bill was the result of his instructions?
§ Mr. LUNNI have been asked to take this question. The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. The Governor was informed that my Noble Friend was unable to approve of the scheme as embodied in Ordinance No. 36 of 1930, as he could not agree to funds which would have to be raised by means of a loan being utilised to pay off private long-term indebtedness or interest thereon. It has been suggested to the Governor that adequate relief to the cocoa industry could be afforded by means of a system of crop advances fixed and controlled by a strong local body, and the Governor has been asked to consider such a scheme and to amend Ordinance No. 36 of 1930 accordingly.