Lady tttout eaid that her husband was presi dent of the Anti-Chinese League, but his views on this subject were not hers. She spoke for herself, and would say that she considered the Chinese most desirable immigrants for the reasons that they were industrious, law abiding, sober, and honest, and contributed substantially to our charitable aid funds'.—(Hear.) They were accused of living in insanitary buildings. If so the inspector was to blame. If a China man were appointed inspector perhaps the work would be done more conscientiously. By all means keep diseased Chinaman out of the country, but let the same rule be applied to Europeans.—(Laughter.) Industrious Europeans had nothing to fear from the Chinese, but the drunken, lazy, and dissolute had everything to fear.—(Applause.) Miss Bain observed that the question of bulk had to be considered, 'taking the whole popu lation of the world, every third man was a Chinaman. (Applause.) What chance had Europeans with such a crowd as that ? Lady Stout; If we are an inferior race we must go to the wall.—(Laughter.) Miss Bain; It is not the inferiority of the individual, but a question of numbers. They may bear us down by sheer weight. As to their market gardening, some of us would not eat their vegetables if we knew how they were grown.—(Applause.) And as to their humanity, what did they do to the missionaries lately t (Applause.)

Mrs Williamson retorted that we forced the missionaries upon the Chinese, and as to the vegetable consideration she remembered that when she landed in New Plymouth the price of an ordinary cabbage was eight pence, while now the Chinamen had brought plenty of vegetables within everybody’s reach, though to be candid she would admit that she did not buy from Chinamen when she could get supplied elsewhere. The speaker would also call attention to English history. We said we were very proud to call ourselves English. We were no such thing. She was not in any case.—(Great laughter, the speaker’s accept being pronouncedly Irish.) There was no such thing as a purebred Englishman— (laughter) —and almost all their industries were started by the despised foreigners. 