§ MR. A. C. MORTONI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the claims of Mr. Baird and others against Sir Baldwin Walker, senior officer of the Newfoundland Fishery Protection Service, have yet been settled; and, if not, why not?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarYes, Sir; they were settled and paid last December.
§ MR. A. C. MORTONHave all the claims been settled which were practically governed by the case of "Baird v. Walker"?
§ MR. BUXTONAll the claims in Court were settled for a sum of 5,500 dollars.
§ MR. A. C. MORTONWill the money appear in the Estimates?
§ MR. BUXTONIt has been paid out of the Newfoundland Estimate for 1892–93. The sum was provided last year.
§ MR. A. C. MORTONI shall call attention to this matter on another occasion.