§ MR. BUCHANAN (Perthshire, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has declined to sanction the proposal of the Governor of Lagos to permit under regulation the exaction of tolls by native chiefs at Ibadan and elsewhere in the colony; and if so, will he state by what other method he proposes to maintain in the future the system of local government under the chiefs.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) The proposals, which relate only to Abrokuta and Ibadan, have been sanctioned.