§ MR. J. F. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he is in a position 264 to report the result of the departmental conference with Sir J. B. Thurston, Governor of Fiji, as to the practical working of the native taxation scheme and the objections that have been urged against it; and, whether any reforms in the mode of raising the revenue in the Crown Colony of Fiji are contemplated?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.Owing partly to the change of administration and partly to the ill-health of Sir John Thurston, the conference has not yet taken place. I am, therefore, unable to make any further statement at present. My predecessor in office, dealing with a similar question, said that he had no intention of making any alteration. ["Hear, hear!"]