MR. J. A. SMITHsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, What is the present state of the Mauritius, in reference to the disease which has been prevalent there?
§ MR. ADDERLEYsaid, in reply, that a despatch had been received dated the 13th May, which stated that the mortality had in the previous month been 2,036, whilst in April, 1867, the mortality was 10,867, 1857 and only 1,216 of these 2,036, were from fever;—there was great hope that the fever was dying out. The proposed sanitary measures, if fairly carried out in Port Louis, may greatly diminish the chance of its recurrence.