§ Dr. O'DONOVANasked the. Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the recent report on the subject, of which a copy has been sent him, he will consider the institution of a scientific investigation into the hereditary and environment causes of the backwardness of the mentality of the African native?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply returned to a question on this subject by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Blackpool (Captain Erskine-Bolst), of which I am sending him a copy. I have received no report.