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this country, and the owner of the vessel who brought him here
be required to take him back. (f) In reference to all orders of
repatriation, due regard be had to international arrangements.
(g) Provisions for medical examination of aliens at port of
arrival. (h) Compulsory powers for obtaining information at
port of arrival
5th. (a) A stricter enforcement of the powers of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891. (b) That enquiries should
be made as to the existence of overcrowding among aliens.
(c) That where overcrowding among aliens is found to exist the
the overcrowded area may be declared to be a prohibited area
in the sense that no more aliens may be allowed to go there.
(d) Full notice of such an area becoming prohibited to be given
at the ports of embarkation. (e) That on their arrival in this
Country enquiries should be made from immigrants as to their
intended destination. (f) All alien immigrants (not transmigrants)
coming from and arriving at certain ports to be
registered, (g) Any alien going to reside in a prohibited area
should be guilty of an offence.
6th. Upon conviction of any felony or misdemeanour, a
Court of Justices may direct as part of the sentence that the
alien convicted shall leave the country. If this order be
disobeyed, the alien shall be punished as a rogue and vagabond.
7th. That further Statutory powers should be obtained
for regulating the accommodation upon and condition of foreign
immigrant passenger ships.
These recommendations were signed by :—
Lord James of Hereford, Lord Rothschild, The
Eight Hon. Alfred Lyttleton, Sir Kenelm E. Digby,
Major W. Evans Gordon, Mr. Henry Norman, Mr. W.
Vallance.
Lord Rothschild and Sir Kenelm E. Digby furnished a
further memorandum on the opinion which they had formed,
that the problem of alien immigration was mostly a local one
affecting Stepney, and that the difficulty could only be met by