§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, in view of the destruction of British trade to the extent of nearly £1,000,000 a-year, besides much loss of property, owing to the action of the French in Madagascar since June 1883, the Government intend to take any steps to protect the commerce and property of British subjects in Madagascar?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEI informed the hon. Member, on the 18th of February last, that a British man-of-war had been ordered to proceed to the station, and the Consular Staff in Madagascar had been strengthened, in order to afford to British subjects the protection to which they were entitled.