§ MR. HAZELLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the repeated cases of illtreatment of Natives by whites in Wesern Australia, and to the small penalties inflicted by the local courts upon the offenders; and whether he is able to make any representations to the Governor of the Colony upon the subject?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN, Birmingham, W.)My attention has been called by reports in the Press to two cases of convictions of illtreatment of aborigines in Western Australia, and I have learnt by telegraph from the Governor that the offenders have been struck off the Commission of the Peace. I have asked the Governor for a Report upon the subject.