HC Deb 21 February 1878 vol 238 c59
MR. ERRINGTON

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether he will lay upon the Table Copies of the Report of the Joint Commission appointed last year to inquire into the treatment of Indian labourers in the French Colony of La Reunion; and, of any Correspondence between the Government of India and the Foreign Office relative to the discontinuance of Coolie importation from India to French Guiana?

LORD GEORGE HAMILTON

, in reply, said, the Report referred to in the Question of the hon. Gentleman was still under the consideration of the French Government, and until some authority was received from that Government, Her Majesty's Government would not be justified in publishing it.