§ MR. W. E. FORSTERasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign 226 Affairs, If the Government have received any reports from Her Majesty's Consuls in Cuba, either this year or in 1876, respecting the condition and treatment of the slaves or Chinese Coolies in that island; and, if so, whether he is prepared to lay such reports upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. BOURKE,in reply, said, the questions as to slaves and Coolies were quite distinct, so far as the Reports received by Her Majesty's Government were concerned. He had laid Papers in reference to the first part of the Question upon the Table of the House a few days since, and he hoped they would be in the hands of hon. Members to-night or to-morrow. His right hon. Friend would find on looking over such Papers that the information in the hands of the Government regarding the slaves was neither very voluminous nor interesting. With respect to the second part of the Question, he could add nothing to what he had stated on the subject in reply to a Question put to him by the hon. Baronet the Member for Chelsea (Sir Charles W. Dilke).