§ MR. WEDGWOOD (Newcastle-under-Lyme)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the revenue of several of the Crown Colonies, as given in the various annual Colonial Reports, includes moneys received for the purchase of land; and whether he will issue instructions that land sales be kept distinct from annual revenue in future, in order to give a juster account of the Colonies' financial position.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Colonel SEELY,) Liverpool, AbercrombyIt is already the rule that in the Estimates the proceeds of the sale of Government lands should be kept distinct from the total revenue from other sources, and directions will be given that these headings shall be kept separate in the annual Colonial Reports.