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TABLE 29
EXPENDITURES ENVISAGED UNDER
THE 1946 - 1950 DEVELOPMENT PLAN
(in U.S. dollars)
SECTOR AMOUNT
Education $ 3,000,000
Roads and Bridges 7,000,000
Light, Water and Power 3,000,000
Agriculture 1,500,000
Industries 500,000
Scientific and Industrial Research
and Projects 500,000
Transportation & Communication 1,000,000
Banking Facility 3,000,000
The Centennial Celebration and
Post-War Building Programme 3,535,000
GRANDTOTAL $ 23,035,000
Source:
- Richardson: 1959; p. 253.
Trained manpower was virtually absent in the country, except for
a large number of lawyers who - in this respect - constituted no
asset to the nation. The absence of basic data prevented any
sensible planning. But above all, the list of priorities of the
Tubman Administration started with the preparations for the 1947
celebration of the country's existence as an Independent
Republic. As President Tubman personally said in his Annual
Message to the Nation's Legislature, on November 7, 1950, while
reporting on the Five Year Development Plan:
"(,,.) The Centenary which was one of the major project
items of the Plan was the first to receive consideration
and you enacted the Centennial Tax and 751 Sur Tax Acts,
With the.se, we were successful in executing the Centennial
Programme (,..), The Centennial and Executive Pavilions
as well as the Centennial Monument were constructed
in the capital, and the Executive Mansion has
Leen completely remodelled and renovated; a Centennial
Monument was also constructed in each of the counties (,,,)
(20).