§ MR. BLAKEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether his attention had been drawn to the Notice given by Mr. Kyte, M.P. for East Melbourne, of his intention to move the following Resolution in the Legislature of Victoria:—
To move that the House will resolve itself into a Committee of the whole, to consider the propriety of presenting an Address to His Excel- 1730 lency the Governor, requesting that the sum of £5,000 might be placed on an Additional Estimate for the purpose of defraying the expenses of exporting to Great Britain ticket-of-leave men during 1864, not exceeding 300 in number,and, in the event (as appears to be generally anticipated in the Colony) that the Resolution should pass before the despatch of the next Mail, what course the Home Government are prepared to adopt?
§ MR. CARDWELLreplied, that he had not received any official communication from Victoria even, that the Notice of the Motion to which the hon. Gentleman referred had been given. He was sure the hon. Gentleman would not expect him to anticipate the adoption of such a Resolution by the Legislature of Victoria, and still less to state what course it might be necessary for Her Majesty's Government to take in the event of that Resolution being adopted.