§ MAJOR ARBUTHNOTasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, If any application has been received from the Acting Governor of Mauritius for permission to present to the Legislative Council of that Colony,
a Copy of the Correspondence and Documents relating to the appointment of a Bishop for the Church of England in that Colony, from the time when a Bishop was first prayed for by the Church there, down to the present time;if so, what answer has been or will be returned; and, whether he objects to laying a Copy of the same Documents upon the Table of this House, including the Despatches of the Governor of Mauritius, dated January and February 1872, and the Despatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies dated 9th May 1872, and any representations made by the Church bodies in the Colony with reference to those Despatches?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN,in reply, said, application had been received from the Acting Governor for permission to present to the Legislative Council Correspondence relating to the appointment of a Bishop. The required permission had been granted, and the Correspondence would be laid before Parliament.