§ Mr. Masonasked the First Secretary of State how many qualified African lawyers, doctors, architects and accountants are in Nyasaland at present; to what extent assistance has been rendered in these professions by the Federal Government to date; and what recent estimate he has made of the exodus of professional people, including teachers, from Nyasaland.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe matters raised fall within the competence of the Federal and Nyasaland Government, but the following information is available to me.
There are at present in Nyasaland four local Africans who are qualified doctors, and one lawyer. There are no architects or accountants.
The Federal Government is constitutionally responsible for the health service, in which there is an establishment of 55 professional officers in Nyasaland.
26WIt is not yet possible to estimate how many professional officers are likely to leave Nyasaland or at what stage, in consequence of constitutional changes that have still to be introduced.