§ MR. SCHWANNTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies why it has been found necessary to appoint a further Commission to deal with the question of coolie education in Ceylon; what are the names of the present Commissioners; and whether he will cause to be supplied copies of the special Minutes or Memoranda on the subject of estate schools which were submitted by the various individual members of the Education Cess Committee of the Incidence on Taxation Commission, but which were not included in the Commissioners' Final Report.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) The Governor has found it desirable to appoint a Commission (a) to consider how the suggestions of a Committee
| Land Settlement in Transvaal and Orange River Colony. | ||
| Transvaal, | Orange River Colony. | |
| Total issues on Loan Account, to 31st December, 1904 | 1,031,134 | 1,040,288 |
| Acreage purchased. | not less than 878,552 acres | 1,025,456 acres (to 30th June last. This is in addition to 501,800 acres inherited from the Orange Free State Government). |
| Price fixed for land. | £484,843 | £844,379 |
| Advances to settlers | £94,524 | £73,740 |
| Acreage allotted | 690,929 acres | 1,245,332 acres |
| Number of settlers (exclusive of any families) | 557 | 691 |
§ appointed in 1901 can be given effect to; (b) to suggest any other practical means of meeting the cost of elementary education; (c) to deal with the question of coolie education and grouping estates for school purposes. The members of the Commission are: Mr. Wace, Government Agent, Central Province; Mr. Harward, Director of Public Instruction; the Rev. H. Highfield, Principal of the Wesley College; Mr. D. B. Jayatilleke, Principal of the Ananda College, and Mr. T. C. Huxley, planter. So far as I am aware, the Papers referred to in the last part of the Question have not yet been presented to the Legislative Council, and I am, therefore, unable to lay them upon the Table.