§ MR. HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If replies have now been received from the Chambers of Commerce and other Commercial Bodies, to whom an invitation was addressed last year to indicate in what way Her Majesty's Diplomatic and Consular Officers could best further the interests of British trade abroad; if any new Instructions have, in consequence, been issued; and if, in such case, they can be laid upon the Table of the House?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)The replies of the Chambers of Commerce and other Commercial Bodies, together with the Instructions that were subsequently sent to Her Majesty's Representatives abroad, 47 were printed and presented to Parliament in June, 1886, under the title of No. 16, Commercial, 1886, Parts 1 and 2. No fresh Instructions have been issued.