HC Deb 23 December 1929 vol 233 c1946W
Earl WINTERTON

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any decision has yet been reached as to the future location of the administrative capital of the territory of Northern Rhodesia; and whether it is proposed to carry out any Government land-settlement policy in the near future in Northern Rhodesia?

Dr. SHIELS

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. With regard to settlement, my Noble Friend has sanctioned expenditure amounting to £59,000 on loans to European farmers for dipping tanks and fencing, on the establishment of a creamery and on assistance towards importation of stock. Assistance from the Colonial Development Fund has enabled him also to sanction expenditure of £23,700 on special agricultural surveys and investigations connected with European settlement and £6,000 on road surveys.