§ Mr. Skinnardasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is possible for sums from the Protectorate Mining Benefits Fund in Sierra Leone to be allocated for expenditure on education in the Protectorate; and to what purposes the fund is at present being devoted.
Mr. Creech JonesYes. In the last year for which figures are available (1947), sums were disbursed as follows:
EXPENDITURE £ s. d. A. Recurrent Commitments and Schemes— Payments to Landowners 430 0 0 Local Administration, Forestry Development 586 1 9 Njala Training College 6,164 9 4 Teachers for Native Administration Schools— (a) Payment to Njala Teachers and other expenses pending absorption in Schools 126 19 2 (b) Probationer Teachers, Native Administration Schools 46 8 9 (c) Female Teachers' Salaries 50 11 3 (d) Teachers in Training 811 17 4 Sanitary Training School 490 13 2 B. Projects entirely or partly provided for in previous years— Bonthe Domestic Science Centre 10 12 3 Grants for Native Administrations School Equipment 92 16 7 Midwives in Training 118 2 11 Minor Roads in the Protectorate 1,111 15 3 Swamp clearance Northern Province 297 14 4 Bundu Training 605 0 5 Town Planning 768 16 11 C. New Applications— Furniture and Equipment. Sanitary School 16 9 2 TOTAL 11,730 8 7