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II. ALLOCATIONS TO COLONIAL TERRITORIES-(contd.)
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III. GENERAL RESERVE
General Reserve
Far East
Hong Kong
Borneo and Sarawak
Malaya
Indian Ocean
Ceylon'
£
1,000,000
1,500,000
5,000,000
£7,500,000
1,750,000 250,000
Mauritius
Seychelles
£2,000,000
Middle East
Aden and Protectorate
Palestine and Transjordan*
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Malta3 Gibraltar
West Africa
Gambia⭑
Sierra Leone Gold Coast Nigeria
East Africa
Somaliland
Kenya
Uganda
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
...
East Africa General
Central Africa
Nyasaland
Northern Rhodesia
Central Africa-General
South Africa
High Commission Territories
Total
800,000 1,000,000
£1,800,000
1,750,000 50,000 100,000
£1,900,000
1,300,000
2,600,000
3,500,000
23,000,000
£30,400,000
750,000
3,500,000
2,500,000
5,250,000
750,000 3,500,000
£16,250,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
1,000,000
£5,500,000
2,500,000
£85,500,000
* Provision may be required for existing commitment in respect of Hydro-electric scheme.
• Provisional.
* Token figure.
Of the Gambia allocation £500,000 to be earmarked for drainage, rehousing and slum clearance at Bathurst.
I1,000,000*
Enclosure 3 to circular despatch dated 12th November, 1945.
MEMORANDUM
I. Central Schemes. (See paragraph 5 of despatch.)
The following is a list of the schemes for which finance is being provided apart from the allocations made to individual Colonies or groups of Colonies and for which no provision need therefore be set aside in colonial compre- hensive plans.
(1) All research schemes.
(2) Scheme for the improvement of the geological survey of the Colonial Empire. This scheme will be treated as a research scheme.
(3) Proposals now under consideration for the provision of higher educa- tion facilities in the Colonial Empire. (See Cmd. 6647, 6654, 6655.)
(4) A training scheme for assisting selected scholars from the Colonies to qualify for the Colonial Service. (Under consideration.)
(5) Assistance towards post-graduate training of candidates both from this country and from the Colonies for the Colonial Service, both adminis- trative and technical. (Under consideration.)
(6) Scheme for a geodetic and topographical survey of the Colonial Empire.
(7) Scheme for the provision and improvement of aeronautical wireless communications and aeronautica! meteorological services. This scheme will not include provision for airfields or other air facilities. Provision for these latter purposes should, therefore, continue to be included, where assistance is required towards them from the Colonial Development and Welfare Vote, in the plans submitted by Colonial Territories.
(8) A scheme for the establishment of a central nutrition organisation for the Colonial Empire in London.
The above list of schemes may be amended or added to later but is given to Colonial Governments for their general guidance. Inclusion of any scheme within the above list, does not, of course, mean that the financing of services already in existence in the Colonies for objects connected with any of the above will necessarily be modified.
II. Preparation of Comprehensive Plans. (See paragraphs 8 to 15 of the
despatch.)
(1) Expenditure side:
(a) The object of the plan is to give an outline sketch of the develop- ments proposed in the Colony over the next ten years, regard being had to its general financial status. The plan should embrace all schemes considered necessary for the above purpose without reference to the particular source from which they will be financed. For further comment on this latter point see under (2) below.
(b) The plan need be drawn up in broad outline only. Indeed this is desirable in order to avoid unnecessary waste of labour at the pre- liminary planning stage. Schemes to be included within the plan can be
*The General Reserve will be available for both central schemes and colonial schemes.
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