As a result of the submission of these estimates schemes under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act to a total of £250,000 have been approved.
In the Colonial and Middle Eastern Services Vote we have so far provided a sum of £200,000 1.e. £150,000 in 1950-51 of which only £50,000/ issued and £150,000 in the current year.
According to our information expenditure against this grant during 1950-51 amounted to £87,926 so that there was a short issue in that year of £37,926. For 1950/51 the estimate expenditure is £147,668 which is within £2,332 of the estimated provision, Quite clearly there is justification in lasuing the present year's provision in full and in fact if the figures of estimated expenditure are realised this will leave the University with a deficit of some £35,000 as at 31st March 1952. This sum will have to be issued in 1952-53 together with the anticipated expemliture in that year making a total requirement for the year of 250,000 which represents the balance of the crant available. We are accordingly inserting this sum in the draft Colonial end Middle Eastern Servicos estimate now in course of preparution.
As regards the loan for the construction of an sirport the position is that in the current year we made
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