§ Mr. HENRY WALKERasked whether in any other British Colonies or protectorates there were laws similar to that in Trinidad whereby free and unindentured labourers were precluded from receiving a higher rate of wages than that which was fixed by statute; and whether, at the other end of the scale, there was a minimum rate of remuneration for the protection of the labourer?
§ Colonel SEELYI have explained to my hon. Friend that there is no law in Trinidad containing such a provision as he suggests, nor do I know of any such law in any other British Colony or Protectorate. Provisions similar to those contained in Section 117 of the Trinidad Immigration Ordinance are included in the Ordinances of British Guiana, St. Lucia and St. Vincent.