§ MAJOR SEELY (Isle of Wight)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the
† See Page 987.1224 Colonies by whose authority and under what Act the Chinese labourers recently imported into South Africa have been confined in compounds guarded by special police at Durban in the colony of Natal.(Answered by Mi. Secretary Lyttelton.) The action has no doubt been taken under the authority of the Natal Government, and under Natal Legislation. I have inquired of the Officer Administering the Government as to the Act under which action has been taken.