HC Deb 10 March 1885 vol 295 cc612-3
MR. SLAGG

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What steps are being taken by Her Majesty's Government for the protection of British commercial interests in view of the recent annexation by Germany of territory in the interior of Africa immediately beyond the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar?

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

British commercial interests within the territories of the Sultan of Zanzibar are protected by Treaty. Territories beyond the Sultan's Dominions fall within the provisions for freedom of commerce agreed to in the recent Conference at Berlin.