ABSTRACT
The number of new appointments made by the Colonial Office to the various Colonial Services has been steadily rising since the War, and is likely to increase. The number of individuals in the United Kingdom appointed by selection in 1924 was 352, and in 1927 was 475. I will not analyse this total, but I should like to mention that of last year’s figures 121 were Medical Officers; 101 Administrative Officers; 42 Agricultural Field Officers; 18 Scientific Specialists for the Agricultural Department; 11 for the Forestry Department; 9 for the Veterinary Departments. These figures do not include personnel required for the Sudan Services, which are under the Foreign Office; nor do they include the Administrative officers for Ceylon and Malaya, who are appointed as a results of the Civil Service Examination (Eastern Cadetships); nor do they include the engineers, &c. for the Railways and Public Works Departments, recruited through the machinery of the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
