§ MR. MORTON (Peterborough)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Commissioners or Judges to be appointed under the permanent Act recently arranged with the delegates from Newfoundland for carrying out the modus vivendi are to be appointed by the British or by the Colonial Government; whether there will be an appeal to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland from the decisions of the said Commissioners or Judges by the inhabitants of the west coast of Newfoundland; and whether the salaries of the Commissioners or Judges are to be paid by the British or by the Colonial Government?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSUntil the Draft Bill has been formally accepted by the Government of the colony, it would be premature to state the nature of its proposed provisions.