MR. TAYLORsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, If he can state when the Correspondence relating to the importation of Polynesian labourers into Queensland will be laid upon the Table?
§ MR. ADDERLEYstated, in reply, that the Bill of the Queensland Legislature, guarding against any abuse of immigration from the South Sea Islands, had only reached the Colonial Office that day, and the Government had not had time to consider it. The allegations of abuse from various quarters had been referred back to those who made them for their authority, and when the answers had been received the Paper should be laid on the table.