§ SIR CHARLES WINGFIELDasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the attention of the Secretary of State has been turned to the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the treatment of Immigrants in British Guiana, presented to Parliament in June, 1871, wherein the following irregularities in the recruiting of Coolies in India are brought to notice:—1st, That the medical examination is hasty, and many infirm and aged persons are shipped; 2nd, That, though always entered as agriculturists in the certificates, many of the Coolies belong to other occupations, and are not fitted for field labour; 3rd, That they are deceived by the promise of far higher wages than the majority of Immigrants earn; and, if the Secretary of State has sent or will send instructions to the Indian Government to inquire into these irregularities, and provide the necessary remedy?
MR. GRANT DUFFYes, Sir, the attention of the Secretary of State has been drawn to the Report alluded to, and he is in communication with the Indian Government and with the Colonial Office on the subject.