Mr. POINTERasked whether the right hon. Gentleman is aware that a native association or company in the Tongan Islands, called the Kautaka, whose business has been wrecked by the alleged unlawful acts of the Consul-General, Mr. W. Telfer Campbell, has served writs upon Mr. Campbell and also upon the Auditor-General, Mr. Roberts; further, whether he is aware that in consequence of the issue of the writs Mr. Mahaffy, the Assistant High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, has threatened to deport Mr. Cameron, the president of the Kautaka, informing him that he could be deported without any reason being assigned; and whether he will state under what Order in Council the power is given to deport a British resident in the Pacific without the person deported being informed as to the reason of such summary proceedings?
Mr. HARCOURTI am aware, as I informed my hon. Friend, in reply to his question on the 31st May, that legal proceedings are being taken by Mr. Cameron, but I have no information to the effect that he had been threatened with deportation. The manner in which proceedings for deportation may be taken against British residents in the Pacific is laid down in Section 111 of the Pacific Order in Council, 1893.