MR. PRICE (Monmouth, N.)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government have in their possession any Reports as to the measures adopted by the Russian Government in establishing Colonies of soldiers, belonging to the 99 Reserve, in the Asiatic Provinces of Russia, and the economic results of such settlements, and also as to the system of State-aided emigration to the Usuri region; and, whether there is any objection to the procuring and publishing such Reports?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)We have no official information except such as is contained in a Report on the Provinces of Semirechinsk and Kars, laid before Parliament in March last, but will ascertain whether any Reports are obtainable which could usefully be published.