§ Sir WALTER de FRECEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if ha can now state the result of his investigation into the representations of the Civil Service in British Honduras, expressing dissatisfaction at the Government's failure to put into operation the salaries scheme proposed by Sir Eyre Hutson, in. 1923, and by the substitution of proposals since adopted.
§ Mr. AMERYIn submitting his scheme for increased salaries in 1923. Sir Eyre Hutson recognised that its permanent adoption could not be brought about until the financial position of British Honduras was such as to justify the heavy additional expenditure involved. An alternative scheme was adopted in April, 1925, and the present Governor has advised me that, in his view, any increase over the salaries therein provided would involve an additional expenditure which the finances of the Colony cannot at present meat. The possibility of further concessions during the next financial year must clearly depend upon the position disclosed when the. Estimates for 1926–27 are under review.