§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies a Question of which he had given him private Notice, Whether he would lay on the Table of the House a copy of the long and important protest respecting the landing of Chinese in Australia which was cabled by Lord Carrington, the Governor of New South Wales, at the instance of the Premier of his Government to the Secretary of State for the Colonies; also copies of any Treaties between England and China bearing on the important question at issue regarding the influx of Chinese into Australia?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)It would not be convenient to present to Parliament one part only of a correspondence in progress; and some little time must be allowed in order that a stage in the question permitting of presentation of Papers may be reached.