§ *MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will inform the House what terms the Protector of Emigrants in British East Africa has boon instructed to offer to agricultural emigrants from British India; whether such emigrants are exempted from the operation of the Indian Emigration Acts; and whether British Central Africa should also be included in the list of countries to which emigration from India is allowed.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. Churchill, Manchester, N.W)The Indians who are being invited to emigrate to the East Africa Protectorate are being offered land grants and other assistance to enable them to settle as free cultivators; consequently the Indian Emigration Acts, which relate only to emigrants leaving India under an agreement or indenture, do not apply to them. As regards the British Central Africa Protectorate, there is nothing to prevent the voluntary immigration of natives of British India.