§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies has now come to a decision as to the abolition of the paddy tax in Ceylon, and the substitution for it of taxation which does not press upon the most impoverished class of cultivators in that island?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Baron H. DE WORMS,) Liverpool, East ToxtethHer Majesty's Government have not yet completed their consideration of this difficult question.