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Governor's despatch No.89 of 16th April, 1947.
Colonial Development and Welfare Funds
Local Development Committee has now submitted recommendations for preliminary scheme covering a five year period commencing 1948 for rural development, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, educational culture, public health and public works, The shortage of building materials and need for concentrating on reħebilitation of war damaged property rather than new developments, has made it necessary to advise postponement of a number of important projects, chiefly under the Head of Education and Public Health, which would involve large scale new building, but in view of instructions in paragraph 15 of
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(1) Lord Hali's circular despatch of 12th November, 1945, the
Committee feels it undesirable to postpone the initiation 19279/05/ of other projects no less vital which do not involve extensive building. The proposed expenditure during the first year 18 565,513 (sterling) made up as follows:-
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Agriculture Forestry
Fishery
Education and
Culture
Public Health
Public Works
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£156,000 £ 67,750 £ 10.000 £210,688
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