§ Sir A. KNOXasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) what has been the number of retirements of British civil servants and employés from appointments under the Government of Ceylon in each of the five years 1928 to 1932;
(2) what was the number of British and Ceylonese, respectively, in Govern- 362W ment employ in Ceylon on 31st December, 1928, and on the same date in 1932?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe numbers of retirements respectively of British civil servants and of other British employés of the Government of Ceylon have been as follow:
1928 … … … 2 and 15 1929 … … … 1 and 15 1930 … … … Nil and 12 1931 … … … 2 and 27 1932 … … … 5 and 57 The number of Europeans in the employ of the Ceylon Government was 647 on 31st December, 1928, and 525 on 31st December, 1932. The numbers of Ceylonese in pensionable posts on the same dates were approximately 21,330 in 1928 and 20,785 in 1932.