§ MR. CHARLES ALLEN (Gloucestershire, Stroud)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Legislative Council of Southern Rhodesia has within the last two or three years passed any legislation dealing with the admission of alien labour into Rhodesia; whether such legislation received the sanction of the Colonial Office; and, if so, whether, under it, Chinese labour Can be introduced into Rhodesia.
§ MR. LYTTELTONI would refer the hon. Member to the Ordinance No. 18 of 1901, printed at page 113 of Cd. 1200, which was amended by an Ordinance No. 3 of 1902 in accordance with the pledges given at page 128 of the same Blue-book. Chinese labour can be introduced into 302 Southern Rhodesia as soon as the necessary notice has been issued with the consent and approval of the High Commissioner, and with the sanction of the Secretary of State.