§ MR. ARTHUR ARNOLDasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Report of Mr. Fairfield, of the Colonial Office, who visited Cyprus last autumn, or the Report of the High Commissioner for 1881, will be in the hands of the Members of this House before the Vote of £90,000 in aid of the Revenues of Cyprus is taken?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYMr. Fairfield's Report has not been laid on the Table of the House because we are awaiting Sir Richard Biddulph's observations upon it, and the High Commissioner's Report for 1881 has only recently been received. I would point out, however, that Mr. Fairfield's Report only refers to financial changes and reforms in the future, and cannot, therefore, affect the proposed Vote of £90,000, which is to meet a past deficit.