HC Deb 22 August 1887 vol 319 c1346
MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What action Her Majesty's Government has taken with regard to the French Colonists that have been sent out to the New Hebrides since the French troops have been in occupation?

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

There is nothing in the Agreement between the British and French Governments providing that the subjects of neither Power shall settle in the New Hebrides.