§ MR. MONKasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he can state the names of the Commissioners appointed to negotiate the Commercial Treaty with France; and, whether it is intended to take the evidence of experts from various parts of the Country during the sittings of the Commission?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKESir, the Commissioners appointed to negotiate the Commercial Treaty with France will probably consist of myself, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, K.C.M.G., C.B., Secretary and Controller-General of the National Debt Office, Mr. C. M. Kennedy, C.B., Head of the Commercial Department of the Foreign Office, and Mr. Crowe, Her Majesty's Consul-General at Düsseldorf, and Commercial Attaché at Berlin and Vienna. Every opportunity will be afforded to manufacturers and the representatives of various industries in this country to afford information to the Commissioners on points connected with the proposed tariff before any arrangement is entered into.