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Correspondence with Mrs Eirene White, MP, 30 Nov 1955-13 Aug 1959

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Correspondence with Mrs Eirene White, MP, who visited Kenya in 1956. The correspondence is concerned with the following territories and topics:

Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania):

  1. Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)'s demand for elections to the Legislative Council: fol. 1
  2. provisions of the Tanganyika Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance: fols. 6-7, 10
  3. the new United Tanganyika Party (in 1956): fol. 10
  4. proposals on franchise: fol. 21
  5. shortage of scholarships available to Africans: fols. 43, 48
  6. functions assigned to African Assistant Ministers: fol. 52
  7. schemes for training Africans for administrative posts: fol. 53
  8. tractors available for hire by African farmers: fol. 68
  9. unfilled places on the Tanganyikan (Tanzanian) quota at Makerere: fol. 71.

Nyasaland (Malawi):

  1. Shire Valley scheme for African settlement: fols. 4-5
  2. produce Marketing Board: fol. 5
  3. composition of the Federal Civil Servants' Association: fol. 31.

Northern Rhodesia (Zambia):

  1. Marketing Boards: fol. 5.

Uganda:

  1. composition of the committee considering the representation of Buganda in the Legislative Council: fol. 8
  2. steps to re-instate E.M.K. Mulira, leader of the Progressive Party, as a member of the Lukiiko: fol. 31
  3. eligibility of Buganda women for election to the Lukiiko but not for the vote: fol. 38
  4. future use of land in Buganda acquired for the East African railways: fol. 39
  5. importation of goods from Japan: fol. 40
  6. allegations of malpractice by non-African coffee planters, and the consequent loss of revenue from coffee export duty, with a letter from Profumo: fols. 47, 57, 59-61, 67-68
  7. Uganda Coffee and Cotton Price Assistance Funds: fol. 47
  8. expenditure on overseas scholarships: fol. 48
  9. co-operative loan and savings bank: fol. 50
  10. scholarships in agriculture at Makerere, with a letter from Profumo: fols. 57, 64-65
  11. literature service as part of a literacy campaign: fol. 67
  12. tax evasion: fols. 67-68, 71
  13. overcrowding in the Buganda Native Government Prison: fol. 67v
  14. Family Planning Clinics: fol. 68
  15. cuts in the development programme (in 1958): fol. 77
  16. Uganda African Loan Fund: fol. 79.

Kenya:

  1. African franchise, with a letter from John Hare giving the Secretary of State's views on Mrs White's article in Venture and referring to the Coutts' Report, and a letter from Michael Blundell to her: fols. 14-17
  2. balance of the Agricultural Betterment Fund on 1 Jan 1956: fols. 19, 25
  3. source of the money voted by the Kiambu African District Council for schools and camps: fol. 19
  4. methods of voting in elections: fol. 30
  5. pyrethrum-growing by Africans and restriction on their output: fol. 34
  6. analysis of results of the election (in 1957): fol. 36
  7. market research: fol. 40
  8. expenditure per child under Budget and Development expenditure in 1952-1957: fol. 40
  9. accusations of misrepresentation by the press made by Tom Mboya in a letter to the Manchester Guardian, 5 Jun 1957: fols. 42-43
  10. Report on Rural Wages: fols. 48-49
  11. numbers of UK scholarships for the three races: fol. 67v
  12. appointment of women as Community Development Officers: fol. 68
  13. Family Planning Clinics: fol. 68
  14. details concerning the six new constituencies (in 1958): fol. 73
  15. African coffee production (in 1958): fols. 74, 79
  16. control of fishing in Lake Victoria: fol. 78
  17. freedom of the press: fols. 81, 85
  18. salaries of women teachers: fols. 82-83.

Mauritius:

  1. conditions of civil servants, with letters from Kynaston-Snell, Education Department, and John Hare.

Nigeria:

  1. Report of the Eastern Region Bribery Commission: fol. 27.

Sierra Leone:

  1. resignation of the Director of Education (in 1956): fol. 27
  2. political parties and leaders (in 1957): fol. 32.

Gold Coast (Ghana):

  1. balance of allocation of Commonwealth Development and Welfare Funds unspent on Independence Day: fols. 34-35.

Central African Federation (Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi):

  1. university grants and loans for African students: fols. 41, 43-44
  2. labour policy for the Federation: fol. 72.

Africa, general:

  1. United Nations resolution to set up an economic commission for Africa (in 1957): fols. 71-72.

East Africa:

  1. tax evasion: fol. 71
  2. wage rates and qualifications of drivers on the East African Railways: fol. 75
  3. Commission on Income Tax in East Africa: fol. 75.

Bahamas:

  1. refusal by the House of Assembly to fund expenses for a black individual to attend a course in Parliamentary Practice in London: fols. 85-86.

Dates

  • Creation: 30 Nov 1955-13 Aug 1959

Extent

95 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/21, folder 8, fols. 1-95

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