HC Deb 24 February 1961 vol 635 cc79-80W
Mr. G. M. Thomson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in respect of each of the Colonial Territories in Africa whether the purchase of textbooks for Government schools is made through the Crown Agents; and where this is not so, what alternative arrangements are made.

Mr. fain Macleod

The arrangements are as follows:

Kenya

Almost invariably textbooks published in the United Kingdom are purchased through the Crown Agents. mind, but I hope that the following figures which are taken from the National Income and Expenditure Blue Book, 1960, will assist him. I regret that figures for 1960 are not yet available in this series.

Uganda

Textbooks are normally purchased through the Crown Agents except when unforeseen circumstances necessitated local purchases.

Tanganyika

Textbooks are purchased locally under contract for twelve months ending June. 1961.

Zanzibar

Textbooks are normally purchased through the Crown Agents except for books on Arabic and Religion which are bought locally. though sometimes Arabic books are purchased from the Middle East.

Northern Rhodesia

Textbooks are purchased through the Crown Agents and also from local booksellers.

Nyasaland

Textbooks are purchased through the Crown Agents except for local purchase of certain supplementary or individual orders urgently required and of small quantities of textbooks for replacement purposes.

Sierra Leone

Textbooks arc normally purchased through the Crown Agents.

Gambia

Textbooks are purchased through the Crown Agents