§ MR. MARK STEWARTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that the acting Judge of the British Consular Court in Japan has ruled, in contravention of the Treaty of August 26th 1858, between Her Majesty's Government and the Tycoon of Japan, that opium may be admitted into Japan; and whether Her Majesty's Government intend to support the Acting Judge's interpretation of the Treaty.
§ MR. BOURKE, in reply, said, this subject had been brought under the notice of Her Majesty's Government by individuals in this country; but the Government were waiting for the formal Report of their representative. The 128 matter would not be lost sight of, and the Government were perfectly alive to its importance.