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any Colonial Government from submitting such schemes in advance of the general plan where these are clearly of immediate urgency and will ultimately be included in the general plan.
16. It will be observed from the attached table of allocations that provision has been made in certain instances for regional allocations in order to provide for schemes which are of a regional character and for services which may be common to the area in question. I regard it as important not only that governments in a given area should consult freely with one another in respect of their development plans but that consideration should be given to the possibility of encouraging, when appropriate, development upon a regional basis. This applies especially to such areas as East Africa, Central Africa and the West Indies. Colonial territories in close geographical proximity should find it of advantage, where development, research, communications, higher education and several other services are concerned, not only to proceed with schemes administered separately by the territories themselves, but also to plan in regional terms. They would thereby carry out their own developments in the full understanding of regional needs and of the necessity for fitting their programmes into the regional picture. I have not thought it necessary at this stage to make a regional allocation for West Africa but I trust that the Governments of the Colonies in that area will continue to advance the recognition of the regional outlook in economic development, communications, higher education and research.
17. I propose that this despatch should be presented to Parliament as a Command paper and I will notify you, in due course, of the date of publication.
18. In conclusion, I have only to reiterate my conviction of the opportunity which is presented to all concerned with Colonial administration in this new chapter of Colonial development; my deep sense of the great respon- sibility which rests upon us to see that the resources made available, including those made at real sacrifice by the people of the United Kingdom, are wisely and economically used; and my confidence in the co-operation of Colonial peoples and officials alike in the discharge of that responsibility so as to bring permanent advantage and improvement to the whole Colonial Empire and enable it to play an increasingly important part in the world's affairs.
I have, &c.,
G. H. HALL.
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Enclosure 2 to Circular Despatch dated 12th November, 1945- ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE ACT, 1945
SUMMARY
Central Schemes, including Research Allocations to Colonial territories
General Reserve for supplementary allocations
I. CENTRAL SCHEMES
ALLOCATIONS
£ 23,500,000
85,500,000
I1,000,000
£120,000,000
(i) Research1
£ 10,000,000
£
less amount estimated to be unspent
during period 1946-56
1,500,000
8,500,000
(ii) Centrally administered schemes:
(a) Higher Education
4,500,000
(b) Training Schemes for the Colonial Service (c) Geodetic and Topographical Surveys
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
(d) Aeronautical Wireless Communications? (e) Meteorological Services*
Other Central Schemes, such as the Central Nutri- tion Unit, Contributions to the Imperial Forestry Institute, Higher Training in Social Sciences, etc.
(iii) Margin for Supplementary Allocations to Central
Schemes
II. ALLOCATIONS TO COLONIAL TERRITORIES
West Indies
Barbados
British Guiana3
British Honduras
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
Trinidad1
Windward Islands
West Indies General
South Atlantic
Falklands
St. Helena and Ascension
Fiji and Western Pacific
Fiji
Western Pacific
1,000,000
1,000,000 £20,500,000
3,000,000 £23,500,000
800,000 2,500,000 600,000
6,500,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
1,850,000
850,000
£15,500,000
150,000 200,000
£350,000
1,000,000 800,000
£1,800,000
1 Including Geological Survey.
*Subject to determination of the degree of Colonial liability.
To include any subsidy to British Guiana Airways Service to interior.
To include any subsidy to British West Indian Airways.
• To include any allocation that may be made to the Bahamas,
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