§ *MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that 2,000 Indians are detained in Natal, though they are anxious to leave for Lobito Bay to work upon the Benguelea Railway, and whether, if the Answer be in the affirmative, the Government will dispose as speedily as may be of any administrative or technical obstacles which stand between these labourers and their work.
§ MR. HARCOURTThe Secretary of State has been in communication with the India Office, and learns that the Government of India have now stated that they do not raise any objection to the employment of these Indians. The Governor of Natal has been informed to-day accordingly.