Captain FABERasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state on what date Sir Percy Girouard returned to his post in East Africa; if he has not returned, on what date it is proposed that he should start; and for how long a period his governorship is to last?
Mr. HARCOURTSir Percy Girouard is at present on leave in this country, and is due to return to the Protectorate early in August. As regards the last part of the question, it is customary to confine a Colonial Governor's term of office to six years from his assumption of the administration.