§ MR. F. SEAGER HUNT (Marylebone, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies contemplates any modification 543 or reform of the fiscal system prevailing in the Island of Ceylon?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON, Tower Hamlets, Poplar)Her Majesty's late Government having effected a most material reform in the taxation of the Island of Ceylon by the abolition of the Paddy Tax, the Secretary of State does not feel in a position at present to entertain any further proposals for dealing with particular heads of taxation; but it may be added that the revenue is coming in more satisfactory than before the reforms effected by Lord Knutsford, and that the Island is in a flourishing condition.