MR. J. A. SMITHsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Government can give information as to the present condition of the Mauritius—firstly, in reference to fever; secondly, in reference to the effects of the recent hurricane?
§ MR. ADDERLEYsaid, in reply, that the latest accounts from the island were dated the 16th of April, and were received on the 16th of May. Those accounts were, on the whole, favourable. The fever was on the decrease. As to the hurricane, it was the most destructive that had been known during the present generation. Great injury had been done to the crops; 714 but it was hoped that, in consequence of the propitious state of the weather since that time, there would be less scarcity than was at first anticipated.