§ * SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)On behalf of the hon. Member for East Nottingham, I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Portuguese Government have promulgated revised rules for the regulation of indentured labour traffic from the mainland for the cultivation of cocoa in the islands of St. Thome and Principe, and have deputed a specially qualified official to supervise their operation; and whether he can lay any Papers on the subject.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI am unable to add to the information given to the hon. Member for Shrewsbury in answer to his Question on the 10th ultimo. We have not yet heard that the fresh Regulations which were being drawn up have been promulgated, or that the official who is to superintend the inauguration of the new system has left for his post. I do not propose to lay any Papers on the subject.