HC Deb 07 December 1932 vol 272 cc1596-7
15. Mr. DONNER

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many advisers on East African matters have been sent out to East Africa from this country within the last two years; what has been the nature of their mission; who has paid their expenses; and what is the aggregate cost of these expenses?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

As the reply contains much detail I propose, with my hon. Friend's permission, that it should be circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

Name. Territory visited. Mission.
Lord Moyne Kenya Financial inquiry. (See Cmd. 4093.)
Sir W. M. Carter, C.B.E. Kenya Land inquiry.
Sir A. Kitson, C.M.G. Kenya Geological inquiry.
Sir S. Armitage-Smith, K. B. E., C. B. Tanganyika Territory Financial inquiry. (See Cmd. 4182.)
Dr. H. H. Mann Tanganyika Territory and Nyasaland. Ten Cultivation.
Captain C. M. Gibson, O.B.E., H.N. Tanganyika Territory Navigation of Kilombero River.
Mr. C. P. Strickland, C. I. E. Zanzibar and Tanganyika Territory. Economic position of clove industry and co-operative marketing.
Sir Alan Pim, K.C.I.E., C.S.I. Zanzibar Financial inquiry.
Professor K. S. Troup Zanzibar Clove Cultivation.
Lieut. G. B. Grylls East Africa Ground organisation of Cape to Cairo Air Service.

Dr. Mann's expenses were met by a grant from the Colonial Development Fund, and those of Lieutenant Grylls from the Air Ministry Vote. Sir Sydney Armitage-Smith's salary continued to be borne by His Majesty's Treasury. The expenses of the remainder were borne by the territories concerned. As some of these missions are still proceeding, and the accounts of others are not yet closed, it is not possible to give the aggregate cost of the attendant expenses. Such figures as are available indicate that a total of about £13,570 has been expended to date.