§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has read the deposition of Hakurudurage Allisa, of Hinguralakande, a village in the interior of Ceylon, that he witnessed, on the 10th June, 1915, a European, the superintendent of the Manikkanda estate, shoot at deponent's father, miss him, shoot again, and kill him, and had to run away to save his own life; what is the name of the superintendent mentioned; whether he acted with the knowledge of Sir Robert Chalmers, then Governor of Ceylon, now Under-Secretary for Ireland; and whether he still holds office in Ceylon?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI have read what purports to be a transcript of the deposition in question, but there is no ground for supposing that it represents the facts.