§ Mr. Kellyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now state the action which is being taken on the matter of contracts for roads in the Isle of Seychelles being given to the editor of the Reveil Seychelles; and whether the Governor's report shows that the work was satisfactory?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI have not yet received the report from the Governor to which I referred in my reply to the hon. Member for Walthamstow, West (Mr. McEntee) on 23rd March.
§ Mr. Kellyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what were the conditions of appointment of the Government dentist in the Isle of Seychelles; and is there a higher charge for his services than is the case when the services of other dentists are engaged?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI have recently approved a proposal put forward by the Governor of the Seychelles that the part-time services of a local dentist at the Government Hospital should be retained by the Government for a fee of Rs.3,000 a year, with the main object of attending to the dental needs of primary school children. The arrangement provides that the dentist should devote three days of seven hours each a week to Government work; that he should be supplied by the Government with dental enquipment, for the use of which a deduction of Rs.300 a year is made from his fee; and that he should undertake not to charge in private practice fees in excess of a scale approved by the Government. The Government of the Seychelles does not employ any other dentists for similar work.