§ MR. KEIR HARDIEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to an application made, on 17th December last, by Arturo Sacramenti to the Governor of Gibraltar for a licence to publish a newspaper devoted to the interests of the working classes, under the Press Ordinance, Gibraltar, 1869; and can he explain why the application was refused.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe issue of newspaper licences in Gibraltar is entirely at the Governor's discretion. Sir George White reported to me last month that he had decided to refuse Sacramenti's application for a licence, in the interests of the peace and good order of the fortress, for the maintenance of which he is responsible.
§ MR. KEIR HARDIEIs it proposed to lay on the Table any Papers on this subject?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir.