§ MR. CROPPERasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he would be good enough to say whether the Treaty with China on the opium question had been signed; and, if so, when he would lay it on the Table?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BOURKE)The Treaty is signed, and will be laid on the Table as soon as 1635 possible. We are awaiting the ratification.