§ MR. DAVID THOMASI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will lay the Report of Mr. C. Scott, of His Majesty's Legation at Buenos Ayres, into the case of the Welsh colonists in Patagonia upon the Table of the House; and, whether, seeing that the Canadian Government is prepared to give land in Canada free to Welshmen in Patagonia who desire to settle in Canada, he will advise the Government to give every facility in the way of transport to the 500 Welsh colonists who have expressed their wish to proceed to Canada.
§ * LORD CRANBORNEMr. C. Scott's Report will be laid shortly. I am not aware that the Canadian Government are prepared to give land free to the immigrants from Chubut, or to 1249 give facilities in the way of transport. They have, as I stated on the 8th of February, sent delegates to investigate the question, but I have not yet learned what are the contents of their Report, or whether any decision has been taken upon it.
§ MR. DAVID THOMASWill the Government give facilities for transport if the land is provided free?
§ * LORD CRANBORNEAny further Question must be addressed to the Colonial Secretary.