§ SIR H. COTTONI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that, in the year 1907, fifty-nine men were sentenced to death in Ceylon and forty-four were hanged, and that this number exceeds that in the neighbouring province of Madras, in India, where the population is twelve times as great; and whether he will cause inquiry to be made into the prevalence of capital punishment in Ceylon.
§ COLONEL SEELYThe subject to which my hon. friend refers is engaging the attention of the Secretary of State.