§ 38. Sir R. Aclandasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will publish a statement showing, in relation to all Colonial Territories over 25,000 square miles in area, the full establishment of technical officers laid down for their agricultural departments; and to what extent the establishment was, or was not, fully manned up at the latest date for which information is available.
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§ Mr. LytteltonFollowing is the answer:
Territory Technical Officers in Colonial Agricultural Departments— Establishments and Vacancies in Territories of over 25,000 square miles in area Authorised Establishment Total vacancies known to the Secretary of State Vacancies which have been filled but the selected candidates for which are still in training Vacancies unfilled Gold Coast … … 266 16 10 6 Nigeria … … 195 27 13 14 Sierra Leone … … 34 6 4 2 Kenya … … 118 9 7 2 Uganda … … 63 9 9 — Tanganyika … … 184 12 9 3 Northern Rhodesia … 101 5 4 1 Nyasaland … … 103 8 6 2 Somaliland … … 11 4 — 4 Federation of Malaya … 63 23 14 9 North Borneo … … 8 — — — Sarawak … … 8 2 — 2 British Guiana … … 22 1 1 — Aden … … 4 — — — Note—The above table shows the vacancies which the Secretary of State has been asked to fill. There are further vacancies which have not been notified to the Secretary of State and to fill which other arrangements are being made, e. g., by recruitment locally or through the Crown Agents for the Colonies.