§ MR. FULLER (Wiltshire, Westbury)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the statements made in this House on 22nd June, 30th July, and 11th August, 1903, by the late Secretary of State for the Colonies, with regard to the proposed deportation to South Africa of the small white Colony in the Island of Tristan d'Acunha; and whether any 268 further steps, and if so what steps, have been taken in the matter.
§ MR. LYTTELTONIt was arranged with the Cape Government that they should send a Commissioner to the island to make an offer on their behalf to the Islanders for their removal to the Cape Colony. This gentleman proceeded in the "Odin" and interviewed the Islanders in January last, but they decided to remain.