§ SIR CHARLES WINGFIELDasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he will lay upon the Table Copies of the Despatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong directing measures to be taken to prevent the fitting-out of ships at Hong Kong for the Macao Coolie Trade, and of any other Papers on this subject?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN,in reply, said, it had been found that the provisions of the Act of last year could not be entirely adopted in the case of Hong Kong, and some Correspondence was going on with regard to it. As soon as that Correspondence had closed there would be no objection to lay the whole of it on the Table.