§ 18. Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will see that the board of education being set up under the recent education ordinance in Sierra Leone will include at least one African?
§ The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald)The Board of Education to be set up under the new Ordinance is to include one African ex officio member; four persons nominated by the proprietors of schools, who may be either African or European; one nominee of the Freetown City Council and one nominee of the rural areas, who are likely to be Africans; and also four Africans appointed by the Governor.