§ MR. CAIRDsaid, he would beg to ask, If Her Majesty's Government have received any assurance from the Government of Spain to the effect that, during the occupation of the Chincha Islands by that Power, no opposition will be offered to the fulfilment of contracts for the removal of Guano from those Islands?
§ MR. LAYARDstated that the Spanish Government had given notice that the occupation of the Chincha Islands would not interfere with the carrying out of any contracts for Guano.