HC Deb 22 January 1954 vol 522 cc195-6W
Mr. Hale

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will give particulars of the schemes of capital development financed by private enterprise, under the Colonial Development and/or Welfare Act, by the Colonial Development Corporation, and internationally financed under the auspices of any of the international or United Nations agencies which have been initiated and approved, or were under consideration at the time of the suspension of the Constitution of British Guiana.

Mr. Hopkinson

pursuant to his right hon. Friend's reply [Official Report, 25th November, 1953; Vol. 521, c. 47] supplied the following further information:—

Schemes of capital development in British Guiana which were initiated or approved during the period the P.P.P. Ministers were in office are set out below:—

I. Government Schemes Initialed During the Period (a) Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes (i) Approved by Ministers Expansion of the Ebini Livestock Station, £46,729. (ii) Still under consideration on 9th October, 1953, Basic investigational work on the rice plant and its cultivation, £92,500. Field investigations of agronomic problems relating to mechanical rice cultivation, £12,300. Machine Trials, £10,000. Continuation of Colonial Development and Welfare Assistance to Geological Survey Department, £83,230. (b) Other Schemes (i) Approved by Ministers Separate accommodation for young offenders in Georgetown Prison, £625. Equipping new wing at Public Hospital, New Amsterdam, £4,200. Experiments for controlling Culex Fatigans, Vector of Filariasis with Dieldrin insecticide, £1,500. Mobile Dispensary Unit for Upper Demerara River, £830. Dispensary. Fort Island, Cost unknown. (ii) Still under consideration on 9th October, 1953 Construction of Road to New Dam Settlement to replace existing dam, £7,750. Mass Radiography Unit for Anti-T.B. Campaign, £4,800. Lay-out of housing settlement at Hague Backlands (estimate), £31,250. II. List of Government Schemes Initiated Prior to the Period, but under Consideration, Approved or Rejected during the Period (a) Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes (i) Approved by Ministers Diamond Driller for Geological Survey Department, £810. (ii) Still under consideration on 9th October, 1953 Sea Defence and further soil surveys for Tapacuma Drainage and Irrigation scheme, £20,000. Preliminary Surveys, Mahaicony and Berbice Rivers, £30,000. Rice Experimental Station, £61,000. Parboiling rice investigation, £20,400. St. Ingnatius Agricultural Station, £81,750. Plant Pathologist for Leaf Scald Disease, £8,054. Proving of tantalite/columbite deposits and other minerals in the interior, £32,800. Central Agricultural Station, £117,560. (iii) Rejected by Her Majesty's Government in form submitted Training of mechanics in farm implements, £156,400. (b) Other Schemes (i) Approved by Ministers Reconstruction of East Bank Canje Road (estimate), £95,800. Fish Ponds, £2,100. III. Private Enterprise Schemes Approved by Ministers during the Period Fruit Canning and Preserves industry, Esse-quibo, estimated capital cost, £64,000. Annual recurrent expenditure, £90,000. Ellis Associated Companies, Building Project, estimated capital cost, £60,000. Tumaturmari Hydro-electricity (C.D.C.) (estimate), £300,000