§ MR. PICKERSGILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state the name of the special commissioner whom he proposes to send out to make inquiries on the spot into the circumstances connected with the rising in the Sierra Leone Protectorate.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.No, Sir; not yet.
§ MR. PICKERSGILLWill the right honourable Gentleman be able to state the names before the adjournment for the Whitsuntide Holidays]
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIESNo, Sir; I shall not be able to do so. There is no immediate hurry, as the honourable Gentleman knows, as the rains have not yet commenced.