§ Mr. Braineasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what financial aid, excluding Colonial Development and Welfare Funds, Her Majesty's Government now propose to give to the Seychelles.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydHer Majesty's Government have agreed, subject to the approval of Parliament, to meet the Seychelles deficit for 1958. They have further agreed to make a grant in aid of Administration in 1959, the amount of which is at present under consideration. Provision will therefore be sought by presentation of a supplementary Estimate in February for £121,000 to meet the Colony's estimated deficit in 1958 and 279W the first quarter of 1959. In the meantime advances up to this amount will be made from the Civil Contingencies Fund.