§ MR. P. A. TAYLORsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Government has received from Queensland a Bill passed by the Legislature there to legalize the introduction of Polynesian Labourers; and, if so, whether he will state what course the Government propose to recommend Her Majesty to adopt in respect to such Bill?
§ MR. ADDERLEYsaid, in reply, that although the Bill had passed both Houses of the Legislature in Queensland, the Governor did not state that he had as yet given his assent to it. No doubt, however, he had done so. He mentioned that the Bill included all the provisions which had been suggested both for regulating the immigration of such labourers and for guarding against abuse. The Papers which had already been moved for were being prepared, and, if the Bill arrived in time, it would be laid with them upon the table.