§ MR. M'LAGANasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If his attention has been drawn to the Circular issued by the Government of the Viceroy, addressed to Agents and Consuls General in Egypt, dated Cairo, 7th October 1871, prohibiting the exportation of bones; and, if he is aware of this Circular, to ask, whether such a prohibition is in contravention of the Treaty between this country and Turkey of the 29th April, 1861?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDSir, this matter has been brought to the notice of Her Majesty's Government, and has been considered in communication with the Law Advisers of the Crown. The Treaty of 1861 permits the prohibition of the exportation of any article from the Ottoman Dominions, provided such prohibition is general—that is, extends to all foreign countries alike. Such is the case in the present instance, and, therefore, this act of the Egyptian Government is not in contravention of the Treaty of 1861.