§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the assent of I the Crown, withheld from the Chinese I Exclusion Bill by the Governor of Cape Colony for the consideration of the Colonial Office, has yet been given; and to what is the delay in giving that assent due, if it has not yet been given, having regard to the presence in this country of the Governor of Cape Colony,
§ MR. LYTTELTONNo, Sir; there is nothing unusual in the delay It is usual to sanction reserved Bills by Order in Council, and, as I informed the hon. Member a week ago, the authenticated copy of the law only reached me on the 2nd instant.