§ MR. SMEATONI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the officials in the Uganda Protectorate are required to pay 10 per cent. duty on all articles of food, clothing, and other necessaries of life which, owing to the difficulty in obtaining local supplies, they are obliged to import; whether the Governor receives a special allowance to meet the import charges on all articles which he imports; and whether it is contemplated to make some similar allowances to the officials of the Protectorate.
§ THE UNDER-SECETARY OF STATE FOE THE COLONIES (Colonel SEELY,) Liverpool, AbercrombyIn accordance with the practice formerly prevailing in most Colonies, the Governor of Uganda was until recently exempted from the payment of Custom duties. This exemption is now being abolished in the Colonies, and in Uganda a duty allowance has been granted to the Governor in lieu of it. It is not proposed to give allowances to other officials, who never enjoyed the exemption; but the cost of living in the Protectorate is naturally one of the factors considered in fixing their emoluments.