§ MR. W. M. TORRENSasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he will lay upon the Table any further Correspondence respecting the working of responsible government in the Cape of Good Hope, in continuation of Papers presented last year upon that subject?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERSir, the system of responsible government has now been for some time established at the Cape, and since the presentation of the Papers referred to last year, there has been no question, possessing any general interest beyond the Colony, with regard to the working of the Constitution now in force. Under these circumstances, Her Majesty's Government do not feel themselves justified in incurring the expense attendant upon a presentation of further Papers.