HC Deb 05 August 1887 vol 318 c1378
MR. E. ROBERTSON (Dundee)

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any information has yet reached the Foreign Office as to the important commercial concessions alleged to have been made by the Chinese Government to an American Syndicate?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)

No information on the subject has been received at the Foreign Office.