§ COMMANDER BETHELL (York E. R., Holderness)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr. Berkeley has resigned the Commissionership of the Uganda Protectorate, and whether any successor to him has been appointed.
§ * MR. BRODRICKI regret to say that in consequence of illness Mr. Berkeley, the Commissioner and Consul-General of the Uganda Protectorate, has been forced to resign his appointment. The Secretary of State, considering that order has now been restored in the Protectorate and that the railway is far advanced, thinks this a fitting time to send a Special Commissioner to Uganda to report what posts it is desirable to establish, especially in view of Colonel Martyr's advance on the Nile. For tins purpose he proposes to avail himself of the administrative experience of 306 Sir Harry Johnston, who will be appointed with full powers to administer the Protectorate and with the same control of the military forces as is given to other Governors, also holding special appointments as Commanders-in-Chief.