HC Deb 09 March 1885 vol 295 cc448-9
MR. GORST

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government now regard North Borneo as under British Sovereignty; and, if so, when and in what manner such Sovereignty was acquired?

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

Her Majesty's Government do not regard North Borneo as being under British Sovereignty.