§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made with the delimitation of the boundary between British and Italian Somaliland; approximately when the Commission will have completed its task; what has been the cost to British funds to date; and what additional expenditure is estimated?
§ Dr. SHIELSIt is understood that the demarcation of the boundary has now been completed down the 49th meridian of longitude as far as its intersection with the 9th parallel of latitude and thence to the intersection of 48 degrees East and 8 degrees North. It is anticipated that the Commission will be ready to leave Somaliland about the end of September next. The expenditure under the Colonial Services Vote up to 31st March, 1930, was, as nearly as can be stated at the moment, £16,500; the estimated expenditure from 1st April to the completion of the Commission's work is £11,500.