§ COLONEL ANNESLEYsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, Whether Her Majesty's Government have received the Report of the Commission sent out last year to inquire into the Frontier Defences of Canada; and, if so, whether it is their intention to carry out at present the whole or any part of the recommendations contained in that Report?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, in reply, that the Report referred to by his hon. and gallant Friend had been received, but its recommendations affected the Colonial Government at least as much as the Home Government. Up to the present time certain political occurrences had prevented the Colonial Government from taking into consideration the Report of the Commissioners, and consequently it was impossible to say, at present, what steps would be taken towards carrying out the whole or any part of its recommendations.