§ MR. JOHN ELLIS (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a Resolution condemning the introduction of Chinese indentured labourers into South Africa has been quite recently unanimously passed by the Legislative Assembly of Cape Colony; and, in that case, will he give its terms and the date when it was adopted.
§ MR. LYTTELTONI understand that the terms of the Resolution are as 1015 follows:—This House, taking cognisance, as it does with regret, that measures are being taken for the importation of Asiatic labour into South Africa, now re-affirms the opinion it expressed in the Resolution adopted unanimously on the 2nd July, 1903, and re-asserts its strong opposition to any such importation as prejudicial to the interests of all classes of the people of South Africa.
§ MR. BAYLEY (Derbyshire, Chesterfield)Was not the Resolution passed unanimously?
§ MR. LYTTELTONWithout a division.