§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will tabulate, in the OFFCIAL REPORT, the amount invested in economic and agricultural development by Her Majesty's Government in Bechuanaland, Basutoland, and Swaziland, respectively, for each of the last
— 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 £ £ £ £ £ £ Basutoland 137,000 231,000 223,000 165,000 219,000 356,000 Bechuanaland Protectorate 235,000 472,000 387,000 265,000 282,000 319,000 Swaziland 126,000 339,000 282,000 261,000 475,000 485,000 £498,000 £1,042,000 £892,000 £691,000 £976,000 £1,160,000 NOTE: In addition an Exchequer loan of £200,000 was issued to Swaziland in 1959–60 under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, 1959, and the following amounts were invested by the Colonial Development Corporation over the period 1955–60:
Bechuanaland Protectorate … … … £140,000 Swaziland … … … £6,760,000 2. For the period 1960–64 the total amount of Colonial Development and Welfare funds allocated, including the total shown above for 1960–61 is £3.75 million. In addition, the raising of the following Exchequer loans under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, 1959, has been approved for expenditure in this period:
Bechuanaland Protectorate … … … £300,000 Swaziland … … … £1,120,000