§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTEsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether any arrangement has been come to by the Government of India with reference to the disputes between the rulers of Muscat and 1581 Zanzibar; or whether any action is now contemplated in respect of the affairs of the States bordering on the Persian Gulf?
MR. GRANT DUFFsaid, in reply, that no arrangement had yet been come to about this very difficult matter, which did not tend to become less complicated, nor was any action contemplated at present with reference to the affairs of the States on the Persian Gulf.