§ Sir A. WILSONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action has been taken by his Department upon the petition to this House of the Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society, which was referred to him by the chairman of the Standing Committee on Public Petitions?
Mr. THOMASThe petition was examined in the Colonial Office and compared with the earlier petition of the society to His Majesty in Council. In a. despatch dated the 12th of August, which has been published in the Gold Coast, my predecessor informed the acting Governor that he saw no reason to modify in any way the reply returned to the earlier petition.