§ MR. W. H. JAMES (Gateshead)asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies a Question of which he had 485 given private Notice, Whether the Government had received any Report in confirmation of what appeared in last night's paper with regard to recent disturbances in Tonga; and, whether he could make any statement to the House on the subject?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir HENRY HOLLAND) (Hampstead), in reply, said, that the Government had received no confirmation of the reports which appeared in last night's papers; but they had thought it expedient that steps should be immediately taken for sending the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific to report on what had taken place.