§ MR. SERJEANT SIMONasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to adopt the recommendation of the Royal Commissioners to the West Indies, who, in their Report on Jamaica, paragraph 408, strongly urged the abolition of the West Indian Incumbered Estates Court, and the transfer of its duties "to the Supreme Court of the Colony, where ordinary Commercial Law prevails;" and, whether the Report of June last, on the West Indian Estates Court mentioned in the same paragraph (408), will be presented to the House?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYThe general Report on Jamaica, as well as the special Report on the West Indian Estates Court, have been referred to the West Indian Incumbered Estates Commissioners for their observations; and until their statements have been received—which, I understand, will be shortly—the Government do not propose to come to any decision as to any action in the matter. The special Report referred to will be given to Parliament.