§ Sir W. Smilesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider the advisability of making some positions in the British Colonial Service in Malaya partly interchangeable with the British Consular Service in Siam and the Dutch East Indies?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe functions of the Colonial Service and the Consular Service differ so widely that it would not be feasible or practicable to give effect to my hon. and gallant Friend's suggestion.