asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information with regard to the action of a native on the Kagera Road, Uganda, who, by mounting and spearing a lioness, saved the life of Major Mathews, who was being mauled by the lioness and whether it is proposed to keep a record of these cases of exceptional bravery and secure some suit- able award to be made by the Government in each case?

I have no information regarding the incident referred to in the first part of the question. Should exceptional acts of bravery of this kind be brought to the notice of the Governor of a Colony, Protectorate or Mandated Territory, it is open to him to submit a recommendation to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, who would consider whether he could put forward the case as one in which recognition could appropriately be made by the award of the Albert Medal or the Medal for Gallantry or Meritorious Service of the Order of the British Empire, or in any other way.