§ Mr. WHITEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what moneys the several colonies have received from the Colonial Development Fund, and what is the present condition of the fund?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEFollowing is a statement of the moneys issued to date from the Colonial Development Fund to the several Colonies, etc.
£ s. d. Barbados 78 3 9 Bechuanaland 1,510 0 0 British Guiana 15,700 0 0 British Honduras 872 0 0 Cyprus 3,500 0 0 Federal Malay States 40 0 0 Fiji 2,515 0 0 Gold Coast 17,163 0 0 Jamaica 525 0 0 Kenya 33,919 0 0 Leeward Islands: Antigua 9,832 0 0 Dominica 13,950 0 0 Montserrat 2,200 0 0 St. Kitts 8,632 0 0 Mauritius 300 0 0 Nigeria1 2,605 0 0 North Borneo Co. 10,000 0 0 Northern Rhodesia 13,310 0 0 Nyasaland 18,610 0 0 Palestine and Transjordania 36,000 0 0 St. Helena 940 0 0 Sierra Leone 63,400 0 0 Somaliland 10,434 10 0 Straits Settlements 177 0 0 Swaziland 13,074 0 0 Tanganyika 20,416 0 0 Uganda 3,757 0 0 West Pacific: Solomon Islands 105 0 0 Windward Islands: Grenada 2,000 0 0 St. Lucia 10,385 0 0 St. Vincent 8,000 0 0 £323,949 13 9 Issues to the Colonies, etc., are normally made quarterly to meet estimated expenditure chargeable to the Fund during the preceding quarter. Issues for the quarter ending 31st March next will be made when the estimates of amounts required have been received from the Colonies, etc. The fund is 402W financed from moneys voted by Parliament. The amount voted for the current financial year is £750,000 (Class 11, Vote 10); and a further Vote will be asked for in the coming financial year to meet the issues from the fund in that year.