§ Mr. BENNETTasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has received information of a disturbance reported to have occurred at Levuka, Fiji Islands, on Saturday last in favour of Indians awaiting deportation; who these Indians are and for what reason and under whose authority they are to be deported; whether they have been tried by any of the ordinary courts of the Colony; whether there has been a renewal of trouble since the announcement in this House that the situation had been 67W restored; and for what reason New Zealand troops are being kept in the Fiji Islands?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYNo information has been received from the Governor as to a disturbance having taken place on the day mentioned, or as to there having been a renewal of the recent trouble since my statement in the House on the 3rd March. A telegram has been received from the Governor stating that by an order made under the Peace and Good Order Ordinance, 1875, the following four persons: D. M. Manilal, Mrs. Manilal, Harapal Mahraj, and Fazil Khan, have been prohibited from residing for two years within certain parts of the Colony. The Governor states that he is reporting by mail the grounds for the action taken. As I stated in the House on the 10th March, an armed guard of about 50 men was sent from New Zealand. This small detachment afforded valuable help during the actual rioting, and if they are still being kept in Fiji it is no doubt because their presence is considered desirable by the Governor.