– in the House of Commons at on 11 March 1929.
Mr Harry Day
, Southwark Central
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state in which of the Colonies or Protectorates are survey parties of the Royal Engineers at present employed for topographical and trigonometrical work?
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
There are at present self-contained Royal Engineer survey parties at work in Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and Somaliland. In addition a certain number of Royal Engineer and Royal Artillery Officers are seconded for survey duties under the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone Governments.
Mr Harry Day
, Southwark Central
Is it intended to increase the activity of the survey party with the Royal Engineers throughout the Colonies?
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
No, Sir; but survey work is going on steadily all the time.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
