§ CAPTAIN NOLANasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If the Peruvian Government has recently made changes in its system of disposing of guano which will affect its price in this Country; and, if guano is to be sold by the Peruvian Government at different prices in different countries; and, if so, will this Country be placed on the footing of the most favoured nation?
§ MR. BOURKE, in reply, said, the Government was informed by their Chargé d'Affaires at Peru that last October three Bills were submitted to the Assembly for the purpose of carrying out contracts for the supply of guano in France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Holland, the West Indies, and America. Tenders were advertized for in the chief European and American newspapers. It would be impossible to say whether the effect would be to increase the price of guano or not; but Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires had been instructed to get for this country the best advantages of the most favoured nation clause. Up to the last despatches in the middle of April last he had not heard whether these Bills had passed the Assembly or not. They were under discussion at that time.