57. Mr. EDMUND HARVEYasked whether, in view of the statement in the Report of the Select Committee on the Putumayo atrocities that the large sums of money which appear in the accounts of the Peruvian Amazon Company as having been expended in order to reduce the Indians to subjection were payments ultra vires, the Official Receiver will take steps to recover these amounts from the directors?
Mr. ROBERTSONThe investigations of the Official Receiver into the affairs of the Peruvian Amazon Company, Limited, have not yet been carried far enough to enable him to determine whether the case is one in which he can take action of the nature indicated in my hon. Friend's question.
§ Mr. MORRELLWhen will the hon. Gentleman be in a position to know?