Therefore the Colonial Secretary appointed a special commission to come to Ceylon and examine the situation and to make necessary recommendations.
The commission comprised William MacBean George Colebrooke and Charles Hay Cameron.
These Europeans were the rich people who had come to Ceylon for planting crops and had engaged in plantation in the upcountry areas.
By that time there had arisen the need for them to get the required funds allocated by the Legislative for developing the road system, postal and other services and facilities where their plantations were located.
It was Sir James Peiris who first submitted a formal memorandum to the Colonial Secretary in 1909 explaining the need for constitutional reforms.