HC Deb 09 May 1905 vol 145 cc1336-7
MR. STANLEY WILSON (Yorkshire, E.R., Holderness)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will lay upon the Table the correspondence between the Government of Ceylon and the Secretary of State on the education of the children employed on estates in that colony; also copies of resolutions; passed by the Committees or Commissions to which the matter has been referred. together with memoranda by members thereof, and minutes of evidence, if any, taken before such Committees.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) I will lay upon the Table a copy of correspondence on coolie education as published in Ceylon. As regards the last pare of this Question, so far as I am aware the Papers referred to have not yet been presented to the Legislative Council, and I am therefore unable to lay them on the Table.

MR. STANLEY WILSON

To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state on what date the last Commission on coolie education in Ceylon was appointed; and when does he expect to receive its Report. (Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) The Commission to inquire into educational questions in Ceylon was appointed last January, and the Governor informs me that it is expected to report some time in July.