§ Mr. Rileyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the wide differences in the salaries of African assistant medical officers and European medical officers, what opportunities are available to African assistant medical officers to qualify as full medical officers; and whether he is satisfied that an initial salary of £96 per annum is adequate for 236W a man who has studied medicine for a number of years and qualified as a doctor.
§ Colonel StanleyThe building up of medical schools in Colonial territories is a matter to which I attach great importance and on which the Asquith and Elliot Commissions will no doubt make recommendations. With regard to the last part of the Question, I am consulting the East African Governments as to the salaries of these assistant medical officers, to which I am aware that they have already been giving consideration.