§ * MR. REESI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Ceylon Government subsidises the Indian recruiting agency; and, if so, to what extent.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Colonel SEELY,) Liverpool, AbercrombySince its establishment in 1904, one quarter of the cost of the South Indian Labour Agency has been contributed by the Ceylon Government. The subsidy for the current year is Rs.12,000. The Report of the Ceylon Labour Commission has recently been received, and we are awaiting the Governor's recommendations on it.