§ 36. Mr. PERKINSasked the Secretary of State, for the Colonies, in reference to British East Africa, whether on the Southern frontier of 360 miles there is only one post, manned by twenty-five native police under a Goanese clerk; and whether any other provision is being made for the defence of the settlers in the event of a native rising or a raid from Abyssinia or Somaliland?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Harcourt)I am not aware of the present distribution of the police on the Southern border of the East Africa Protectorate, but I know of nothing which should give rise to uneasiness with regard to that border.