§ 8. Mr. R. Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what decisions have been reached as a result of the consultations between the Southern Cameroons Government and the Nigerian Federal Government with regard to the deficit in the Budget of the Southern Cameroons Government for 1958–59.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Governor-General of Nigeria, as High Commissioner for the Southern Cameroons, has directed that recurrent expenditure in the Southern Cameroons be kept within the limits prescribed by recurrent revenue until financial arrangements for the territory are considered at the Resumed Constitutional Conference, which is expected to be held later this year, in the light of the report of the Fiscal Commission now in Nigeria.
§ Mr. EdwardsIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that it is widely reported that substantial economies are being made now in all fields of Government activity, and, if this is so, would he not agree that this will be harmful both to British prestige and to the native population now and in future?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydYes, Sir; it would be so—if it were true.