SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)I beg to ask the Secretary of Stale for the Colonies whether any estimate has been made of the cost of housing intending Chinese emigrants for the Transvaal at Hong-Kong during their detention, for the building and maintenance of the isolation depôt near Kowloon, and for their medical inspection; and by whom the charges for this system of isolation and inspection will be defrayed.
§ MR. LYTTELTONI am not aware what the cost of providing for the labourers during their sojourn at Hong-Kong will be. It will be borne by the importer.