§ SIR CUTHBERT QUILTER (Suffolk, Sudbury)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that, although a year has elapsed since the proclamation of peace, the position of those holding property or concessions in the Swaziland Protectorate has not yet been defined, that no property can at present be transferred as the Registry of Deeds has not been reopened; and whether he can state when the necessary arrangements will be completed to put an end to this delay.
1303 (Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) I regret that there has been unavoidable delay in dealing with these matters, but it has been found necessary to provide by Order in Council for the proper administration of Swaziland. The Order will be issued very soon, and no time will then be lost in setting up the requisite administrative machinery.