§ Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into various schemes which have been proposed to Her Majesty's Government to facilitate emigration from the congested districts of the United Kingdom to the British Colonies or elsewhere; to examine into the results of any schemes which have received practical trial in recent years, and to report generally whether in their opinion it is desirable that further facilities should be given to promote emigration; and, if so, upon the means and the conditions under which such emigration can best be carried out, and the quarters to which it can most advantageously be directed.
§ Ordered, That the Committee do consist of twenty-one Members.
§ The Committee was accordingly nominated of,—Sir George Baden-Powell, Mr. Gerald Balfour, Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, Dr. Clark, Sir John Colomb, Mr. Munro Ferguson, Sir James Fergusson, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Loder, Mr. James Maclean, Mr. William M'Arthur, Mr. Mahony, Colonel Malcolm, Mr. G. Osborne Morgan, Mr. Rankin, Mr. Rathbone, Mr. William Redmond, Mr. Ritchie. Mr. Schwann, Mr. Seton-Karr, and Mr. Wodehouse.
§ Ordered, That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records.
§ Ordered, That Five be the quorum.—(Mr. Jackson.)