§ MR. PICTONI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Her Majesty's Government has yet received a Report from the Governor of the Gold Coast, with regard to cases of slave dealing in that Colony, investigation of which was promised to the Aborigines Protection Society by the Secretary of State in August last; and, if not, whether Her Majesty's Government will inform the House as to the 235 steps which hare been taken to secure a searching inquiry into this matter?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSThe letters of the Aborigines Protection Society were sent to the Governor in despatches, dated the 27th of August and the 17th of September last, but no reply has yet been received. It must be evident that for the Governor to make such a searching inquiry into the matter as is desired must take some little time, and that his Report cannot therefore be expected immediately; and, moreover, he has for some time past been much pressed with work owing to the absence and ill-health of many of his officers.
§ MR. PICTONHave the Government communicated by telegram with the Governor of the Gold Coast?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSThe Governor has been informed of the circumstances.