§ Mr. LEVERTON HARRISasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can say when the President of the Joint Court in the New Hebrides will be appointed?
§ Colonel SEELYHis Majesty's Government are in communication with the French Government with a view to the making of the appointment. The buildings required for the accommodation of the Joint Court are expected to be finished by 1st November next, and it is hoped that the President and the other members of the court will be on the spot and ready to enter on their functions not long after that date.