§ Sir WILLIAM COLLINSasked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether the Report of the Commission appointed to consider certain questions in regard to the reconstitution of the Legislative Council of Ceylon has yet been received; whether it will be published as a Parliamentary Paper; and whether the Secretary of State, before finally deciding upon the scheme for the new council, will be prepared to receive representations from the communities concerned, especially in regard to the definition of the burgher class?
§ Colonel SEELYThe Report has been received. It is not proposed to publish it as a Parliamentary Paper, but a copy has been placed in the Library of this House. The Secretary of State is awaiting the receipt of a memorial from the burgher community with regard to the definition of the burgher class. He has already received representations from others of the1296W communities concerned, and has given them full consideration.