§ MR. ARMITAGEI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if, when fines are paid in the delta of the Niger, any entry is made of the amount and nature of the payment.
§ COLONEL SEELYThe Answer is in the affirmative.
§ MR. ARMITAGEI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if fines were not paid in gin in the delta of the Niger, how were they paid, and who collects the fines.
§ COLONEL SEELYFines are paid in coin wherever, in view of the development of the country, it is possible to demand it. Where coin cannot be paid, fines are paid in kind, gin being expressly excluded by law. Fines are collected by order of the Courts and are paid into Court.