§ MR. H. BARINGsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the fee paid to the English Consul at Rome for obtaining his visa to Foreign Office Passports is the perquisite of the Consul; and, if not, into what fund it is paid?
§ MR. LAYARDreplied, that the fees paid to the Consul at Rome were paid under an Act of Parliament, and were not the perquisite of that gentleman, but went into the Treasury, and were accounted for in the Estimates.