§ SIR HENRY FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if he will state what Ordinances and regulations are now in force in self-governing or Crown Colonies respecting the introduction therein of coolie labour from India, and the dates of such Ordinances; and whether the Ordinance and regulations now under consideration for the Transvaal Colony have been submitted to the Indian Government.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) The dates of the Ordinances and Laws are as follows:—British Guiana 1825/1891 16/94 6/95 11/95 27/00 19/01; Jamaica 23/79 1/81 3/83 18/86 4/89 14/91 2/91 22/96 12/97 13/97 2/99 13/03; Fiji 2/91 3/92 4/92 6/92 8/92 14/93 4/94 12/95 1/96 6/98 7/98; Trinidad 19/99 2/02 33/02; Saint Vincent 24/80 9/86; Saint Lucia 4/91 2/95 8/96 1/97; Natal 20/74 1/76 15/80 25/91 37/94 17/95 34/95 14/97 28/97 19/98 21/98 1/00 48/01 17/02 2/03; Mauritius 12/78 1/79 21/82 6/84 51/99 26/03. The Colonial Governments are being requested to supply information as to regulations under these enactments, and a Return will be laid before the House in accordance with the promise given to the hon. Member for Central Sheffield. In reply to the last part of the right hon. Member's Question, I have to refer to the answer given on 11th February by the Secretary of State for India to the Member for East Perthshire†