HC Deb 20 October 1908 vol 194 cc931-2
MR. MITCHELL-THOMSON (Lanarkshire, N.W.)

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information as to the intentions of the Dominion Government with regard to British Indians in British Columbia.

COLONEL SEELY

Proposals have been made for sending some of the East Indians now in British Columbia as free labourers to British Honduras, and it appears from Press telegrams that the Dominion Government are taking steps in this direction by sending two Indians to British Honduras to inquire into the practicability of the scheme.

In answer to a supplementary Question by Mr. Mitchell-Thomson—

COLONEL SEELY

said he was awaiting a Report on the scheme, and some little time would elapse before that could be received.