§ MR. E. ROBERTSON (Dundee)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, When he will lay the Fisheries Treaty upon the Table.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)As soon as possible after it has been received.
§ MR. E. ROBERTSONasked, whether the contents of the Treaty had not been communicated by telegraph?
§ SIR JAMES FERGUSSONYes, they have reached this country by telegraph; but it is manifest that we could not lay a despatch on the Table which we only know by telegraph.