HC Deb 16 June 1884 vol 289 cc394-5
MR. JOHN REDMOND

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether any, and, if so, what decision has been arrived at by the Government with regard to the alleged illegal seizure and sale by Messrs. W. M'Arthur and Co. of Auckland, New Zealand, of 250,000 acres of land in Samoa belonging partly to Mr. Frank Cornwall and partly to the Native Princess Maudema and the Samoan people?

MR. EVELYN ASHLEY

, in reply, said, that the case was one in which the complainant was left to his legal remedy, and not one in which the Government could interfere.