§ MR. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to the passage in the Report of the Emigrants' Information Office for the past year, in which it is stated that the organisation of the Office is so small, 687 and its work depends already so much on voluntary effort, that it is impossible for the Committee to undertake as much as they could wish; but they are sensible that there is at present a great want of good practical guidance for young men who are prepared to take a little capital out to one or other of the tropical colonies of Great Britain; and whether any action is contemplated with a view to improving the efficiency of the Office and meeting the particular requirements referred to?
§ MR. S. BUXTONThe Governors of the tropical colonies are about to be asked to send home more information likely to give guidance to the class referred to than has hitherto been the case; and, with the same end in view, the Secretary of State has lately invited a gentleman closely connected with the West Indies to join the Managing Committee of the Emigrants' Information Office; but he is not prepared to state definitely at present what further steps, if any, can be taken to increase the efficiency of the Office, whose valuable work, which is in great measure dependent on the zeal and activity of members of the Committee, who voluntarily give their services, is much appreciated by the Government, as well as by those for whose benefit the Office was established.