§ MR. JAMES STUART (Shoreditch, Hoxton)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the attention of the India Office has been drawn to a Memorial addressed to the Government of India, dated Calcutta, April 12, 1888, from the Secretary to the Indian Association of Calcutta, requesting the appointment of a Commission to inquire into the working of the Inland Emigration Act of 1882, and the unrepealed Act XIII. of 1859; and giving grounds, based on the actual treatment of the coolies in the tea-gardens of Assam, for the appointment of that Commission; whether the 100 India Office has received a copy of this Memorial; and, what practical steps are contemplated for granting the prayer of the Memorial and for putting an end to the abuses indicated?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)If the hon. Member will refer to an answer given by me on the 6th instant to the hon. Member for Flintshire (Mr. S. Smith), he will find that it replies to this Question.