§ Mr. KELLYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what Colonies in the. West Indies have their own printing establishments; the average amount spent by each of the Colonies of Jamaica and Trinidad on public printing and supply of forms during the past 10 years; the average amount spent on printing and supply of forms during the same period by the Colony of British Guiana; how many years, consecutively, the printing and supply of forms in British Guiana has been in the hands of the present contractors to that Government; and whether he will give directions to the Government of that Colony to take steps to inaugurate a Government printing establishment there before the present contracts expire
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe Governments of the following West Indian Colonies maintain their own printing departments: Jamaica, Trinidad, Grenada. St. Vincent, St. Lucia, and Leeward Islands. The average sums voted annually during the past 10 years for the maintenance of the printing departments of Jamaica and Trinidad have been £12,213 and £13,773 respectively. The average amount voted annually during the same period by the British Guiana Government for printing has been $29,825. I have no information regarding the cost of supplying forms, in so far as this is not comprised in the existing printing contract. Government printing in British Guiana has been executed under various contracts by the present firm since 1906 inclusive. The reply to the last part of the question is in the negative.