§ MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he will produce the précis of a conversation between the Acting Consul at Noumea and Mr. Lacascade, then Director of the Interior for New Caledonia, forwarded to the Foreign Office two years ago by Consul Layard; whether the Vice Consul, New Caledonia, now in London, has given any information respecting the expulsion by the French of the Rev. John Jones from Maré; and, whether a satisfactory settlement of the case of Mr. Jones has yet been obtained by Her Majesty's Government?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)I can only state that communications are in progress on the subject of the hon. Member's Question, and that it is not desirable to present any Papers just now.