§ Colonel Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what charges against revenue have been incurred by the Nyasaland Government during each of the past three financial years for interest and/or guarantees in respect of railways and the Zambesi Bridge; and whether arrangements have yet been made to release this Colony in future from all such hampering liabilities with a view to an acceleration of its social and economic development.
§ Colonel StanleyThe charges falling to be met from Government funds to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers are met by a free grant from His Majesty's Government, which in the three years ended the 31st December, 1943, amounted on an average to £159,000 per annum. The second part of the Question does not therefore arise.