§ 10. Mr. FREDERICK ROBERTSasked the Secretary of State for India whether a deputation of Fiji planters is at present in India; whether this deputation is demanding the continuance of indentured labour in Fiji; and whether His Majesty's Government and the Government of India will make a public denial that there is 1248 any intention of supplying indentured labour to Fiji, in view of the recent unrest there?
§ Mr. FISHERThe unofficial Fiji Mission now in India is certainly not asking for a renewal of indentured labour, which is quite well understood to have been finally stopped. The recent unrest in Fiji occurred after the cancellation of all remaining indentures.
§ 11. Mr. WILLIAM CARTERasked the Secretary of State for India, if he will state how many Indians have left India during the last 10 years under indenture; and how many are at present under in denture, and in what localities.
§ Mr. FISHERIn the last 10years, 61,401 Indians have left India under indenture but none have gone since 1917. I gave the hon. and gallant Member for Gateshead, on the 24th February, the latest figures as to the number still under indenture in the several colonies.