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14. Mr. Plummer and Mr. Rosa are Chairman and Member respectively of the Queensland-British Food Corporation. It is their responsibility to report to the Board of the Overseas Food Corporation on the affairs of the Queensland-British Food Corporation. In this work they are aided by Mr. J. N. McClean, until 1948 Deputy-President of the National Farmers' Union, and now on the London staff of the Overseas Food Corporation. The Overseas Food Corporation has two other representatives on the Board of the Queensland-British Food Corporation, which has a total of six members. 15. The first Annual Report and Accounts of the Queensland-British Food Corporation are in Appendix I.
Other Projects
16. The White Paper on the Groundnuts Scheme (Cmd. 7030) recommended that Units should be developed, both in Kenya and in Northern Rhodesia. The Managing Agency investigated these possibilities in Kenya, and decided against them.
17. In the case of Northern Rhodesia, considerable exploratory work was undertaken by the Corporation in conjunction with the Northern Rhodesia Government. Proposals for a joint undertaking on a restricted scale were made to that Government, but the Government was not prepared at that stage to undertake it.
18. A number of proposals for other agricultural projects have been received and examined by the Overseas Food Corporation during its first year, but no decision has been taken to extend its commitments beyond East Africa and Queensland.
Relations with Government Bodies
19. The Corporation has succeeded in maintaining a close and cordial relationship with the Ministry of Food, the Colonial Office and with the other agencies of Government concerned with the development of its work.
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