§ MR. F. S. STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye)asked the Under Secretary of State 245 for Foreign Affairs, Whether the negotiations between Portugal and Zanzibar have resulted in an amicable settlement; whether Portugal accepts the decision of the International Delimitation Commission, and of the London Conference, relative to the boundaries of the territory constituting the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar; and, what is the amount of the losses sustained by British subjects in consequence of the recent hostilities?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N. E.)Portugal and Zanzibar have appointed Special Commissioners to discuss the question of boundary. The Portuguese Commissioner, Senhor Capello, the well known African traveller, is understood to have sailed from Lisbon on the 18th instant. The captured vessel Kilwa will be restored to the Sultan. Portugal has not accepted the conclusions of the International Delimitation Commission, so far as they affect her claims to the territory in dispute. The amount of losses of British subjects in consequence of the recent hostilities has not yet been reported.