§ MR. ERRINGTONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he has any objection to lay upon the Table a Copy of any Correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Government of Mauritius relative to the recommendations made by the Royal Commission on the "Treatment of Immigrants," in their Report presented to Parliament in February, 1875, and to the Ordinance which Lord Carnarvon directed the local authorities to prepare in order to give effect to those recommendations, as well as a Copy of the Ordinance itself; and, of the Ordinances introduced by Sir Arthur Gordon to regulate the treatment of Polynesian labourers, and the proposed introduction of Indian Coolies into Fiji?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHWe expect shortly to receive further communications from Mauritius on the subject of the treatment of immigrants, and until after the receipt of them I can hardly say whether the Papers referred to by the hon. Member can be presented. The Fiji Correspondence on the same subject can be given, if the hon. Member desires to move for it, so far as it has yet proceeded; but I am sorry to say it is incomplete, as the question is still under discussion.