§ 12. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent Nyasaland suffers from tree-cutting, fires and consequential soil-erosion, caused through the entry of Anguru from Portuguese East Africa; and what control is exercised over their entry.
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§ Mr. HopkinsonIt is not easy to assess the proportion of the effects of congestion attributable to a particular group, but the idea behind the hon. Member's Question, which I appreciate, is being considered with the Governor.
As I informed the House in the debate on the Easter Adjournment, it is difficult, with limited resources, to police a frontier which runs through difficult country and is not everywhere demarcated. The Native Authorities of the four districts concerned have, however, already made rules to control alien Africans and further steps are being actively considered by the Governor.