§ 62. Sir G. Sinclairasked the Minister of Overseas Development what recent geological surveys his Department have sponsored in the Falkland Islands and in the surrounding areas of the continental shelf, with special reference to the possibilities of oil.
§ Mr. PrenticeGeologists of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey undertook geological work on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government in 1950 and reported on the economic and oil potential of the Islands. My Ministry has recently agreed to provide funds towards the production of a new geological map of the Islands.