§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in the negotiations now being carried on between this country and Portugal, due precautions will be taken to ensure the prevention of the Slave Trade in all territories placed under Portuguese protection.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE For FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.Portugal, as one of the Signatories of the Brussels Act, has bound herself to make every effort for the suppression of the Slave Trade in her territories.