§ Mrs. L. Jegerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amount of loans raised by each colonial Government for each year from 1945 to 1955; and the colonial welfare and development grants 105W made to each Colony for each of these years.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI understand that in the first part of the Question the hon. Member is referring to loans raised on
Year Colony Total stock issued (a) Portion of column (a) which was reserved for local subscription (b) Portion of column (a) which represents conversions from previous loan issues (c) £ £ £ 1946 Kenya … … … 1,820,000 — 1,820,000 Nigeria … … … 1,250,000 — 1,250,000 1947 Kenya … … … 3,710,000 — 282,527 1948 Trinidad … … … 3,168,000 — — 1949 British Guiana … … … 2,090,000 — 1,168,500 Federation of Malaya … … 8,050,000 — — Nigeria … … … 3,000,000 — 3,000,000 Northern Rhodesia … … … 3,540,000 100,000 667,500 St. Lucia … … … 408,000 — — 1950 Jamaica … … … 3,250,000 — — East Africa High Commission … 12,600,000 500,000 3,762,500 Uganda … … … 3,100,000 — — Sierra Leone … … … 2,030,000 30,000 — Cyprus … … … 2,540,000 — — Tanganyika … … … 1,750,000 — 1,750,000 1951 Kenya … … … 6,070,000 2,250,000 — Northern Rhodesia … … … 7,730,000 100,000 — Mauritius … … … 2,615,000 — 60,000 British Guiana … … … 2,180,000 — — Nigeria … … … 6,800,000 — — Trinidad … … … 2,500,000 — — 1952 Uganda … … … 5,983,000 250,000 — Tanganyika … … … 2,280,000 500,000 — Kenya … … … 6,115,000 1,000,000 — Nyasaland … … … 2,060,000 — — Grenada … … … 321,000 — — East Africa High Commission … 9,885,000 1,250,000 — Northern Rhodesia … … … 2,540,000 500,000 — Cyprus … … … 1,700,000 — — 1953 Jamaica … … … 3,590,000 — — Tanganyika … … … 4,410,000 750,000 — St. Lucia … … … 230,000 — — East Africa High Commission … 5,709,000 250,000 — Sierra Leone … … … 1,680,000 530,000 — Kenya … … … 6,510,000 625,000 — Aden … … … 1,330,000 100,000 — 1954 East Africa High Commission … 7,045,000 500,000 — Trinidad … … … 4,245,000 — — Federation of Malaya … … … 4,795,000 — — 1955 Uganda … … … 4,000,000 250,000 — Mauritius … … … 2,090,000 — — Cyprus … … … 3,608,000 — — The information asked for in the second part of the Question is conveniently set out in the annual returns of
106Wthe London market. The following is a list of the nominal amounts of stock issued by colonial Governments in London from 1946 inclusive. There were no colonial Government issues in 1945.
schemes made under the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts, which are printed as House of Commons Papers
107Wand are available in the Library. These are:
Year No. 1945–46 … 150 of 1946 1946–47 … 127 of 1947 1947–48 … 166 of 1948 1948–49 … 211 of 1949 1949–50 … 107 of 1950 1950–51 … 189 of 1951 1951–52 … 211 of 1952 1952–53 … 189 of 1953 1953–54 … 181 of 1954 1954–55 … 5 of 1955 The issues made year by year to meet expenditure under these schemes are shown in the Annual Appropriation Accounts of the Vote for Development and Welfare (Colonies, etc.). The Account for 1954–55 has not yet been published but will shortly be available: if however the hon. Member desires to have the information before the Appropriation Account is published, I will gladly supply the figures.