HC Deb 10 December 1878 vol 243 c523
SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with reference to the Statements made on behalf of Government on the 8th of April and 20th of June last, that all action in the matter of a cession of territory in Northern Borneo to a British Trading Company had been suspended till the arrival in this country of the promoters of the Company, Whether he is now in a position to supply any further information on the subject; and, whether Her Majesty's Government have now decided whether the proceedings of the Company and the British Representative in Northern Borneo are such as can properly be sanctioned?

MR. BOURKE

, in reply, said, that within the last few days a statement of the views of the Company had been submitted to the Foreign Office; but sufficient time had not elapsed to allow Her Majesty's Government to come to a decision on the subject.