§ MR. O'DONNELLasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether Native magistrates in Ceylon are subject to any disqualification in the case of the 1134 trial of European offenders; and, whether any complaints have been made against the exercise of full magisterial powers by Natives in Ceylon?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYasked to be allowed to answer this Question, as it concerned the Colonial Office. He said: The answer to both the Questions is in the negative. I may add that in Ceylon there is a Native Judge of the Supreme Court, and Native Magistrates who judge all cases of Europeans as well as Natives—the Criminal Law recognizing no distinction of race.