§ Mr. PENNYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider the advisability of introducing legislation which will enable the Federated Malay States to raise loans in London which will be a trustee security, and so remove the unsatisfactory position under which they labour in comparison with the Colony of the Straits Settlement at present in this respect?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON - HICKSHis Majesty's Government are not prepared to introduce legislation extending the scope of the Colonial Stock Acts.