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131. The completion of these communications will contribute considerably to the opening-up of the country.

Oil Pipeline

132. At March 31, 1949, 116 miles of the oil pipelines had been laid, 88 miles welded, and 70 miles tested. The engineers in charge of the work, and the Contractors responsible for the pipeline construction, estimated at the end of March that the whole length of line would be laid, tested and ready for operation by the end of July, 1949. When in operation the average through- put of the pipeline will be 80/90,000 tons per annum of petrol or fuel oil. Dar-es-Salaam

133. The Corporation has 178 employees in Dar-es-Salaam, most of them engaged in transportation and supply work. Some of them are accommo- dated in local hotels; others live in the Corporation's own houses at Oyster Bay, a newly-developed residential area to the north of the city, and at Kura- sini, a new suburb south of the harbour. The Corporation owns 40 houses, and rents three, all of which are occupied by the staff. The remainder live in small mud and wattle houses, with grass roofs, in what was originally an RA.F. Transit Camp. This Camp, which provides messing and all other necessary services, has been kindly lent to the Corporation by the Tanganyika Government.

134. The main Stores area is at Pugu Road. This consists of godowns and open stacking spaces. Pugu Road is served by a railway from the Docks.

135. By courtesy of the East African Railways, quantities of prefabricated buildings and general building materials are stacked in the railway storage area, 300 yards from the main stores. The use of this area, which also is served by rail, is gradually diminishing.

136. The Corporation has leased a plot of land in Pugu Road, which is undeveloped but has been used as a vehicles park. Medical equipment and stores are also held on this land.

137. During the year numbers of heavy tractors, road-making plant, land- clearing equipment etc., were stored at the Corporation's Tractor Siding- adjoining the Docks-but practically the whole of this has now been cleared.

D. ORGANISATION AND STAFF

138. In December, 1948, the Resident Member, Major-General Desmond 'Harrison, became seriously ill in Kongwa. Soon after his deputy also fell ill. The doctors reported that the illnesses were likely to be long and that convalescence at home was desirable. In January the Chairman flew to East Africa and for three months acted as Resident Member in General Harrison's place.

139. Subsequently General Harrison for reasons of health resigned his position as a Member of the Board.

140. The Groundnuts Scheme had started under a centralised management in Kongwa which exercised complete authority over all operations in all Regions. The size of the Scheme, the speed with which it was launched, and the problems presented by Africa seemed to offer no alternative to this form of direction and control; but in the autumn of 1948, six months from its taking over control, the Board decided that the time had arrived for a complete change in the administrative machine and for decentralisation to the Regional General Managers in Kongwa, Urambo and the Southern Province. The chart in Appendix III (B) shows the administrative organisa- tion in existence at the end of 1948: the chart in Appendix III (C) shows that in existence at April 1, 1949.

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