§ MR. BYRON REED (Bradford, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been drawn to a letter published in certain English papers (and reproduced in the Jornal do Commercio, of Brazil), bearing the signature of E. Drolke Fasciotti, Brazilian Consul at Cardiff; whether it is a fact, as stated in that letter, that emigrants, who do not wish to remain in Brazil, are even entitled to be sent back at the cost of the Government; whether Her Majesty's Government are aware that any of the 1042 unfortunate persons, who were induced to emigrate to Brazil, have been repatriated to this country at the cost of the Republic; and whether Her Majesty's Government are prepared to lay upon the Table of the House any further correspondence on this subject which has taken place since the presentation of No. 20, Commercial, 1891?
MR. J. W. LOWTHERThe attention of Her Majesty's Government has been drawn to the letter in question, and Her Majesty's Minister at Rio de Janeiro has been instructed to ascertain from the Brazilian Government if the statement attributed to their Consul at Cardiff is accurate or otherwise. Further correspondence respecting emigration to Brazil will be prepared for Parliament.