Mandate for Tanganyika Territory

1920. GERMANY. 278 No. 5 AUG 1920 Parliamentary Question. 29. Brigadier-General Sir Owen Thomas, — To ask the Under Colonies, whether there is any hope of an early issue administration of the Tanganyika territory; issuing the mandate is very detrimental to the and whether, pending its issue, he will instruct titles and leases so that the various commercial operations. Last Paper. (Subject.) Secretary of State for the of the mandate for the whether he is aware that the delay in economic progress of that territory; the administrator to issue provisional undertakings can commence 4 AUG 1920 (Print.) (How disposed of.) (Action (Index.) Completed.) Next Paper. (Minutes.) TANGANYIKA TERRITORY. 54. Brigadier-General Sir O. THOMAS asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there is any hope of an early issue of the mandate for the administration of the Tanganyika terri- tory; Whether he is aware that the delay in issuing the mandate is very detrimental to the economic progress of that terri- tory: and whether, pending its issue, he will instruct the administrator to issue provisional titles and leases so that the various commercial undertakings can com- mence operations? The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Lieut.-Colonel Amery): As regards the issue of that mandate, I can add nothing to what was said by the Prime Minister on 22nd July in reply to a question by the hon. Mem- ber for Stafford (Mr. Ormsby-Gore). I am not aware that the economic progress of the Tanganyika territory, which is open to trade and commerce like a British Protectorate, is being retarded by the de- lay in the issue of the mandate. It is due to special reasons, the nature of which I explained on 28th July in reply to another question by the hon. Member for Stafford, that it is not possible to make grants of land in the territory for the present. (P) (68039) Wt. 42418/85 Gp.