§ MR. GOURLEY (Sunderland)I bog to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is correct that the Behring Sea dispute has been settled, and that Sir Julian Pauncefote has conceded the right of Americans to exclude British sealers from the waters of the Alaskan Company; and, if true, that damages to British vessels are to be settled by arbitration, and that a close time for the capture of seals is to be 1341 fixed alike for American and Canadian waters?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONThe statement that the Bohring Sea question has been settled is not correct. The negotiations are still going on.