§ Mr. Kellyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the rent paid by Mr. Bessin for his lease of Felicité Island; and whether the governor of the Isle of Seychelles has recently reduced the rent?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI have no recent information about the lease of Felicité38W Island, but I will ask the Governor for a report.
§ Mr. Kellyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when Mr. A. A. Mason was appointed supervisor of roads in the Isle of Seychelles; and whether he continues work as a telegraphist in the service of the Eastern Telegraph Company?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI have received no report of such an appointment. The matter is one that I should regard as falling wholly within the discretion of the Governor.
§ Mr. Kellyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered the petition from Dr. Van Haselberg and Mr. A. Romley asking that a doctor not a dentist be appointed to the Government hospital in the Isle of Seychelles; and what reply has been given to the petition?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreA petition was addressed to me in November last by Mr. von Hasselberg and Mr. Rowley protesting against the employment of a Government dentist at the Government hospital in the Seychelles. The petition contained no reference to the appointment of a doctor. After considering the representations of these two gentlemen I did not see my way to intervene in the matter, and the Governor was asked to cause them to be informed to that effect.