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Dear Lautton.
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2th March, 193′′.
The Secretary of State has asked me to write
to you about the colonial Development Fund, na he
feels tast the Colonial governments, perhaps because
they do not fully understand the scope of the
Development Fund schemes, are not making as full use
as they might of the opportunities which are now
offered to them. Te have been so accustomed in the
past to the financial difficulties which have hitherto
delayed the economic development of the Colonial Empire, tant it has been difficult to adjust our minds
to the entirely new situation created by the colonial Development set. The now policy under which 21,000,000 a year uns become available for development is now on its trial, and ord Passfield is most
anxious that the experiment should justify itself by the full utilisation of the funds thus provided on
THORN, ESQ. C. M.G.
schemes