HC Deb 10 April 1957 vol 568 cc125-6W
69. Mr. Slater

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is being done to intensify the geological survey in British Guiana.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Surveys are continuously in progress with substantial assistance from C.D. & W. funds. Four thousand square miles were geologically mapped during 1956. Schemes have been approved involving further expenditure of £437,000 up to 1960.