MR. GILPINsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he can inform the House when the Report of the Jamaica Royal Commission will be laid upon the table?
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, in reply, that the Report of the Jamaica Commission and the minutes of the evidence which were brought home by the Commissioners were so voluminous that although he had got the greater portion he had not yet received the whole of them from the printer. The documents which were brought home subsequently by the secretary were being prepared for publication by that gentleman and the Commissioners, and had not yet reached him. He hoped that the Report and Appendices would be printed and circulated about the early part of the week after next.
MAJOR STUART KNOXHas the right hon. Gentleman taken any steps with reference to the Bill of Indemnity?
§ MR. CARDWELLNo. The time for that will be when the Government have 27 received and considered the whole of the evidence.