§ MR. KINNAIRDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, If he has any objection to lay upon the table of the House any recent Papers connected with the Coolie trade in Assam, or elsewhere; and, for an explanation of the reasons which induced the Indian Government to appoint a Protector of Coolies in Assam, and how far the result of such a precaution, if necessary, was successful or otherwise?
VISCOUNT CRANBOURNEsaid, in reply, that an officer had been deputed to inquire into certain cases of cruelty which were said to have occurred on a particular plantation; but it was not yet known how far that appointment had been attended with a beneficial effect.