§ 25. Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of expelled Germans and refugee Germans in each of the tour Lander of the British zone.
§ Mr. BevinThe following were the numbers of expelled Germans and refugee Germans recorded in each of the fourLander of the British zone on 1st January, 1948.
Refugees: Schleswig-Holstein … 123,934 Hamburg … 44,533 Lower Saxony … 285,616 North Rhine Westphalia … 76,158 Total … 530,241
Expelled Germans: Schleswig-Holstein … 257,848 Hamburg … Nil Lower Saxony … 1,142,935 North Rhine Westphalia … 43,274 Total … 1,444,057 The grand total is, therefore, approximately two million. This figure takes no account of Germans (over a million and a half) evacuated from their homes on account of air raids during the war, whose return has caused problems of a similar nature to those arising from the arrival of the refugees and expelled Germans.
DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF BARBADOS, JAMAICA AND ST. VINCENT. Sources of Finance. Colony. Colonial Development and Welfare Local Funds. Loans. Total. £ £ £ £ Barbados … … 800,000 1,600,000 1,000,000 3,400,000 Jamaica … … 6,350,000 11,300,000 5,282,000 23,031,000 St. Vincent … … 345,828 359,075 401,500 1,106,403