Many complaints had been made of the cost of the government of the Mauritius; but in September last, when there was a great probability of a commercial Crisis in That Colony, his noble Friend (Lord Grey), seeing the approach of difficulties, urged upon the colonial government the duty of reducing the expenditure, and, consequently, the taxation of the island.

SIR F. EVANS (Southampton): I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Government will lay upon the Table all correspondence which has passed between the Imperial Government and the Government of Newfoundland relating to the present financial Crisis in That Colony, and to the request for aid by the Government of Newfoundland?