Maltese questions : 1877 to 1887

Abstract

Books, &c., Consulted for this Pamphlet.

Malta Government Gazette, 5th January, 1877, to 7th May, 1887.

Debates of the Council of Government of Malta, vols. 1 to 8, from 22nd November, 1876, to 16th June, 1886 (mostly in Italian).

Reports of the Commissioners (Mr. John Austin and Sir G. Cornewall Lewis), appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Island of Malta, ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, parts 1 and 2, 16th February, 1838, part 3, 27th March, 1839, and ·further correspondence, 22nd April, 1839 ...

Maltese Questions : 1877 TO 1887.

As the question of a new constitution for Malta is at present under consideration at the Colonial Office, a brief sketch of the more recent political history of the Island may be welcome to those who are interested in the relations of Great Britain and her Colonies, but who have no time to read the numerous blue books, debates, pamphlets, and journals, from which the facts must be obtained.

As a preliminary, it will be well to state, as briefly as possible, what defects have been pointed out in the Maltese Government and the remedies proposed for them. [Excerpt]