HC Deb 09 July 1883 vol 281 c792
SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFF

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether there is any truth in the report that the New Hebrides have been taken possession of by the French Government?

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

Sir, Her Majesty's Government have no reason to suppose that there is any truth in the statement referred to.