§ SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can now say how many Chinese labourers have applied during this financial year for repatriation under the proclamation of last year.
THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. HERBERT; Samuel, Yorkshire, Cleveland for Mr. Churchill)The number of applications according to the latest information received is 340.