§ MR. R. N. FOWLERasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he has received from Her Majesty's High Commissioner in the Western Pacific, or from his colleague the Governor of Fiji, any Despatches or Reports concerning recent outrages in the Solomon Islands, and the reprisals inflicted by H.M.S. "Emerald?"
MR. GRANT DUFFSir, no information has reached us from Her Majesty's High Commissioner, or from the Assistant High Commissioner, Mr. Des Vœux, about these matters, which do not fall under their jurisdiction. The Commodore in the Western Pacific keeps these high officers informed of what is done by the Navy; but the earliest intelligence comes, of course, through the Admiralty.