§ MR. THEODORE TAYLORI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in the Annual Budget of Hong-Kong for the coming year, introduced in September last, any provision whatever was made to take the place of revenue hitherto coming from the opium dens there.
§ COLONEL SEELYNo, Sir; the Colonial Government could hardly be expected to take the action suggested pending the consideration of the Governor's proposals, which are, as I have explained already, on their way.