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DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR ROYAL COMMISSION

Having regard to the rapid rate of increase of the African population of East Africa and the congestion of population on the land in certain localities, to examine the measures necessary to be taken to achieve an improved standard of living, including the introduction of capital to enable peasant farming to develop and expand production; and to frame recommendations thereon with particular reference to:-

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The economic development of the land already in occupation by the introduction of better farming methods.

The adaptations or modifications in traditional tribal systems of tenure necessary for the full development of the land.

The opening for cultivation and settlement of land at present not fully utilised.

The forms of organisation and methods required to secure the maximum productivity of the land under (1), (2) and (3) above compatible with the preservation and improvement of the soil.

The development and siting of industrial activities with reference to the growth and location of the population and to agrarian and social conditions.

Wage policy and conditions of employment in industry, commerce, mining and plantation agriculture with special reference to social conditions and the growth of large urban populations.

The problems of social security which arise from the growth of permanent urban and industrial populations.

The Commission should examine and report on the above matters taking as a basis the general propositions embodied in Part VI of Sir Philip Mitchell's despatch to the Secretary of State of 1951.

The Members of the Commission should hold themselves free to examine, and where necessary comment upon, policy in such related fields as Education and Public Health which appear to them to have a bearing on the problems with which they are primarily concerned; in particular the extent to which existing technical training facilities are adequate to meet the requirements of extensive industrial development. The Commission should also consider probable trends of population in East Africa and make such recommendations as they consider appropriate on this subject in relation to the other problems involved.

In their deliberations the Commission should take account of existing obligations incurred by treaty, agreement or formal declaration of policy in relation to the security of land reserved for the different races and groups in various parts of the Territories concerned.

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