§ Sir HILDRED CARLILEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies a question of which I have given him private notice: Whether he has anything to add to the reports which have appeared in the public Press with reference to the alleged shooting of the Rev. A. J. Douglas by a Portuguese official at Kango, on Lake Nyasa, and whether he can state what steps the Colonial Office is taking in connection with the incident?
Mr. HARCOURTI have nothing to add to the reports which have appeared 381 in the public Press on this matter. I telegraphed yesterday to the Governor of Nyasaland requesting him to telegraph any available information, but no reply has yet been received.