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would handle the produce of 420,000 acres, whereas under a 300,000 acre scheme the acreage in that Province will be limited to 120,000 acres - i.e. there would be a reduction of 72 per cent in payable freight.

(x) The conclusion is that quite apart from the effect of a smaller scheme on the morale of the Corporation's staff in East Africa - a limited objective would involve an uneconomic use of resources and increase the financial difficulties of the scheme.

RECOMMENDATION

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I therefore recommend that the Overseas Food Corporation should be authorised to proceed with their revised programme to clear 600,000 acres of bush in East Africa for agricultural production by November, 1953.

Ministry of Food, S. W. 1.

11TH NOVEMBER, 1949.

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