§ 57. Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyleasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now state the name of the fourth member of the Palestine Commission?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreYes, Sir. The fourth member of the Palestine Partition Commission will be Mr. Thomas Reid, C.M.G. Mr. Reid entered the Ceylon Civil Service in 1905. He was appointed mayor and chairman of the Municipal Council of Colombo in 1919 and labour controller in 1925. He was subsequently selected for special duty in connection with the introduction of the new Ceylon Constitution. Since his retirement in 1931 he has served as special Financial Commissioner in the Seychelles Colony and as chairman of the League of Nations Commission charged with the organisation and superintendence of the elections in the Sanjak of Alexandretta.