§ 12. Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the extensive building of wharves and quays at the French West African port of Dakar, he is satisfied with the primitive arrangements at Freetown and Bathurst; and whether he proposes to take any action?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister)I have received no complaints of the inadequacy of the wharfage and quay accommodation at Bathurst and Freetown. Improvements of the Government wharfage accommodation at Bathurst are at present being carried out, and it is expected that they will be completed during this year. A grant from the Colonial Development Fund of approximately one-half of the cost of construct-
342 ing a passenger jetty at Freetown was made in 1930 and the materials were purchased. In view, however, of the financial position of the Colony it was decided to postpone the completion of the work. I am consulting the Governor as to whether it will be possible to complete it this year.