§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, in view of the important Memorandum presented to Her Majesty's Government by the Governments of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand, in favour of the establishment of a British Protectorate over New Guinea and the adjacent islands, Her Majesty's Government will reconsider their decision upon this question?
MR. GLADSTONE, in reply, said, the Government had seen no cause to add to or to alter their decision upon the question.