HC Deb 25 May 1882 vol 269 cc1612-3
MR. W. H. SMITH

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he will state to the House the present condition of the negotiations with reference to the Smyrna Quays concession; and, whether Her Majesty's Government will be prepared to insist on the retrocession of the 100 pics of free landing space, for the use of the commercial community of Smyrna, in the event of the rejection by the Porte of the proposals of Major Trotter for a reduction of the Quay dues?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

I believe that the Porte is about to accept the arrangement in regard to the Smyrna Quay dues proposed by Major Trotter and Portugal Effendi, and that it will also be accepted by the new British Company.