§ MR. HERBERT SAMUELI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there is any Ordinance now in force in any British Crown Colony which prohibits indentured Asiatic labourers from engaging in any occupation other than unskilled labour; whether there is any Ordinance providing for the compulsory repatriation of such labourers on the termination of their indentures; and whether any Ordinance, other than that in force in Trinidad, renders such labourers liable to penalties if they are 569 found away from the premises of their employer without a permit.
§ *MR. LYTTELTONI may refer the hon. Member to the Parliamentary Paper of 7th December, 1900, In answer to the first paragraph of the Question there is no such Ordinance in the Crown Colonies. In answer to the second paragraph, there is no Ordinance in the Crown Colonies compelling the repatriation of indentured labourers on the termination of their indentures. In answer to the third paragraph, the Immigration Ordinances of all Crown Colonies provide that an indentured immigrant must everywhere reside in dwellings assigned to him by his employer, and absence without a pass and desertion are punishable by fine or imprisonment.