§ MR. BROADHURST (Nottingham)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to circulars, issued by the authority of the Argentine Republic, inviting working people to emigrate to that country; and whether, seeing that the statements made in such circulars with regard to the rates of wages, the demand for labour, and the cost of living, are misleading, and that great misery has been caused to those who have thereby been induced to emigrate, the Government will issue a warning to intending emigrants on the subject.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.The Secretary of State has received from the Argentine Legation copies of the circulars referred to; but the reports of Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Buenos Ayres give a very fair prospect for suitable emigrants, and would not appear to justify the issue of such a notice as that indicated by the hon. Member. We are not aware of any misery resulting to emigrants, but only of a case of some temporary discomfort, caused by the simultaneous arrival of a great number of emigrants, who were soon after settled. Steps have been taken so that adequate notice is given to Her Majesty's Representatives of the arrival of emigrants from this country.