HC Deb 27 May 1957 vol 571 cc10-1W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of Africans, Asians, and Europeans resident in Roan Antelope Mine Township, Fort Jameson Town, and Kalulushi Mine Township in Northern Rhodesia, respectively.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The figures are as follows:

Resident in Africans Asians Europeans
Roan Antelope
Mine Township 33,449 Nil 4,668
Fort Jameson Township 11,000 300 425
Kalulushi Mine Township 4,349 Nil 866

Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the qualifications required by Africans to make them eligible for membership of the Roan Antelope Mine Township Management Board, the Fort Jameson Town Management Board, and the Kalulushi Mine Township Management Board in Northern Rhodesia, respectively; and the number of Africans in each case who fulfil these qualifications.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

In Fort Jameson, members of the Management Board are appointed by the Provincial Commissioner (under powers delegated by the Governor) from persons residing or having official duties in, or near, the town. There are some 11,000 African residents. In Roan Antelope and Kalulushi Mine Townships, the members of the Management Board are appointed by the Senior Provincial Commissioner. Western Province (under powers delegated by the Governor) on the nomination of the mining company concerned; the field of choice is not prescribed.