§ DR. HUNTER (Aberdeen, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there have been any, and, if so, what proposals made to or by the Colonial Office for the cession of the Island of Labuan to the Central Borneo Company or any other Company, or whether there are any negotiations pending for such cession?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSOwing to the insufficiency of the revenue of Labuan to maintain an efficient Colonial Administration, Her Majesty's Government have proposed that the Chartered 119 British North Borneo Company shall take over the administration of the island, which would remain a British colony, and would not be ceded to the company. The terms and conditions of the proposed arrangement have not been settled.