§ Colonel DAYasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information which will show when the sittings will commence of the Commission appointed by the Governor of British Guiana which is to recommend measures of reform in the constitution of the Colony; and can he state the full terms of reference?
§ Mr. AMERYThe Commission has already commenced sitting. The terms of reference are as follow: To advise upon the steps which should be taken to confer power upon the Governor to carry into effect measures which he and the Secretary of State consider essential for the well-being of the Colony, whether by an alteration in the relative powers and in the composition of the Court of Policy and the Combined Court, or by the substitution of a new Legislative Council in which the Crown would possess powers of effective control over financial as well as other matters; and generally upon any other improvements, such as those suggested by the British Guiana Commission, which might be effected in the constitution.