MR. MAC IVERasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to give any practical effect to such portion of Sir Penrose Julyan's Report in regard to Malta, as recommended, that some considerable portion of the salary of His Excellency the Governor should be charged upon Imperial resources in consideration of Military services; and also as regards his recommendation that the existing exemption at present enjoyed by the British garrison from the whole of the food taxation, borne by the Maltese, should no longer form a source of profit to the Imperial Exchequer at the cost of the Native inhabitants, who require to make good the deficiency?
MR. GRANT DUFFNo, Sir. Her Majesty's Government has no intention of making alterations either in the arrangements with respect to the Governor's salary or the supply of the garrison.