§ Mr. LEIF JONESasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received the promised Report upon the case of Mr. W. P. Singo, of Ceylon; whether this man met his death after the nots had ceased; whether the death was certified as homicide; and whether he is satisfied that Singo was properly tried and condemned by a regularly constituted Court?
§ Mr. LONGI have not yet received the Report of the Inquiry into this case which the Governor ordered.
§ Mr. L. JONESasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Ceylon Government has yet brought to trial Mr. P. H. A. Silva: and, if not, whether he is prepared to suggest to Sir John Anderson that Mr. Silva should be brought to trial without delay, or that some steps should be taken to compensate this man for the personal injury and financial loss he has suffered and is still suffering?
§ Mr. LONGThe Governor of Ceylon has furnished a full Report in this case. Silva was removed to Trincomalee under the provisions of an Order of the Queen in Council of 1896. In view of the information furnished by the Governor, I see no reason to intervene on his behalf.