§ MR. E. JENKINSasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, What steps, if any, have been taken to carry out the recommendations of the Royal Commission which investigated the condition of the Coolies in the Mauritius?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERSir, a draft Ordinance prepared in Mauritius was received here last year, but, being found to be imperfect in arrangement and to require improvement in various ways, it was necessary for the Secretary of State to obtain legal assistance in its revision. It has now been carefully examined, and will, I hope, be soon ready to be forwarded to the Colony in order to be submitted to the Legislative Council. In the meantime many of the principal recommendations of the Commissioners have been adopted and various evils have been removed.