§ MR. ECROYDasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been directed to the desirability, in the interests of British commerce, of establishing a Consul at Kashgar?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEThis question has been under the consideration of Her Majesty's Government; and it has been decided, after communication with the India Office, that the amount of British trade at Kashgar was not as yet sufficient to warrant the establishment of a Consul there. If the hon. Member has any facts which he wishes to bring to the notice of the Foreign Office, every attention will be given to them.