§ COLONEL SYKESsaid, he now wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Foreign Office is in possession of a note of seven paragraphs on Chinese matters, by Robert Hart, esquire, Director General of Imperial Customs, dated Pekin, 30th June 1869, and the reply to Mr. Hart's "Notes" by the ex-American Minister to Pekin the Honourable Ross Brown; and, whether he will communicate the same to the House?
MR. OTWAYsaid, in reply, that the document in question had not been officially communicated to the Foreign Office, but that a copy, which had been inserted in a Chinese newspaper, was in the Foreign Office. It would not, however, be possible to lay the document on the table in such a shape.