§ MR. POTTERasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, What 370 action will be taken by Government on the Report of "the Commission appointed to inquire into the Taxes on Home-grown Grain and the Customs Duties on Imported Grain" in the Island of Ceylon; and, whether these Food Taxes and the system of farming the Revenue will be abolished in Ceylon?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERSir, the Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into this subject has only arrived by the last mail, and until Her Majesty's Government has had an opportunity of taking it into consideration, it is impossible to say what stops will fee taken in the matter.