HC Deb 22 May 1884 vol 288 c1002
SIR HERBERT MAXWELL

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether Her Majesty's Government are in possession of information concerning the forcible seizure and detention of the British yacht Maud, by the Portuguese authorities, on the South African coast?

MR. EVELYN ASHLEY

We know nothing at all about the matter at the Colonial Office.

SIR HERBERT MAXWELL

Will the hon. Gentleman cause inquiry to be made? The matter has been fully reported in the Liverpool papers.

MR. EVELYN ASHLEY

I will get hold of the Liverpool papers and look at the reports.