§ 56. Mr. Dayasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs particulars of the amount of assistance given by the Colonial Development Fund towards the measures taken to improve the health and economic conditions of the natives of the Bechuanaland Protectorate; and whether this sum is sufficient to provide for the establishment of new hospitals and the training of native nurses?
Mr. M. MacDonaldThe total assistance from the Colonial Development Fund for schemes in the Bechuanaland Protectorate so far approved amounts to £92,228. This sum includes provision for three hospitals. A scheme for training native nurses in the three High Commission Territories has also been initiated as a result of a gener- 217 ous grant of £10,000 from the Transvaal Chamber of Mines. In addition to this grant and the assistance from the Colonial Development Fund, the general administrative expenditure on medical services in the Protectorate has been substantially increased during the last few years.