THE EARL OF LONGFORDsaid, that, in consequence of the absence of the noble Earl the Secretary of State for the Colonies, he would postpone the Question which stood in his name on the Paper as to whether any satisfactory scheme of emigration or of colonization, State-directed or otherwise, had been proposed to the Colonial Office, or whether the Colonial Office, with the concurrence of Colonial Authorities, had formulated any such scheme for the mutual advantage of Home and Colonial interests. He hoped, however, that the Government would be brought to see the urgent necessity of some action on the part of the State in the direction of colonization and emigration. The Blue Book which had just been issued was extremely disappointing.