§ SIR C. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what has been the fate of the Ordinance which was submitted by the Governor of Ceylon to the legislature of that Colony some month or two ago, with regard to giving power to municipalities and local boards to provide facilities for elementary vernacular education; and whether the further legislation for requiring planters to provide estate schools for the children of coolies and the inspection of those schools by Government officials has taken solid shape.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES(Mr. CHURCHILL,) Manchester, N. W.The " Town Schools Ordinance " has been passed and has received His Majesty's sanction. A copy will be supplied to the hon. Member, if he desires to have it. I understand that the further legislation referred to is now being drafted.