asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if a procedure for the election of a new colonel of the Maroons of Accompong has now been agreed: and if he will make a statement.

I understand from the Acting Governor of Jamaica that Mr. T. J. Cawley has been elected colonel.

In view of the remarkable history of these people, will my right hon. Friend do his best to ensure that, under the leadership of their new colonel, they will be enabled to preserve their identity and that measure of self-government that they have always enjoyed?

Yes, Sir.