§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will delay his final assent to the Transvaal Labour Ordinance (Introduction of Asiatics) until he has drawn up, placed upon the Table of the House, and given the House an opportunity of discussing the regulations which are to govern Clause 33 of the Ordinance dealing with the question of the wives and children of the indentured labourers.
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. LYTTELTON,) Warwick and LeamingtonI am not prepared to give the pledge asked for.
§ MR. JOHN ELLIS (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government have now sanctioned the Transvaal Ordinance respecting Chinese labour, whether the regulations connected therewith have been framed; and whether he will now lay upon the Table a copy of these documents.
§ * MR. LYTTELTONThe answer to all these Questions is, No.